292 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Dakotas had found the buffalo, they moved to the herd and corralled 
it by spreading their camps around it. The Man-Who-Dreamed-of-a- 
Wolf, seen at the upper part of the circle, with bow and arrow in hand, 
then shot the chief bull of the herd with his medicine or sacred arrow; 
at this, the women all cried out with joy, ‘‘ He has killed the chief bull!” 
On hearing them shout the man with bow and arrow on the opposite side, 
The-Man-W ho-Dreamed-of-the-Thunder- and - received - an - arrow- from- 
the-Thunder-Bird (wakinyan, accurately translated “the flying one”) 
shot a buffalo cow, and the women again shouted with joy. Then all the 
men began to shout, and they killed as many as they wished. The 
buffalo heads and the blood-stained tracks show what large numbers 
were killed. They cut off the head of the chief bull, and laid the pipe 
beside it until their work was done. They prayed to The-Woman to 
bless and help them as they were following her teachings. Having no 
iron or knives, they used sharp stones, and mussel shells, to skin and 
cut up the buffalo. They rubbed blood in the hides to soften and tan 
them. They had no horses, and had to pack everything on their own 
backs. 
The cyclic characters that embrace the period from 1001 to 1140 illus- 
trate nothing of interest not before presented. Slight distinction ap- 
pears in the circles so that they can be identified, but without enough 
significance to merit reproduction. 
Pl. xxi A, 1141-1210. Among a herd of buffalo, surrounded at one 
time during this period, were some horses. The people all cried out, 
“there are big dogs with them,” having never seen horses before, hence 
the name for horse, sunka (dog) tanka (big), or sunka (dog) wakan (won- 
derful or mysterious). After killing all the buffalo they said ‘let us 
try and catch the big dogs;” so they cut a thong out of a hide with a 
sharp stone and with it caught eight, breaking the leg of one of them. 
All these years they used sharpened deer horn for awls, bone for needles, 
and made their lodges without the help of iron tools. [All other 
Dakota traditions yet reported in regard to the first capture of horses, 
place this important event at a much later period ana long after horses 
were brought to America by the Spaniards. See this count for the 
year 180203, and also Lone-Dog’s Winter Count for the same year. | 
Pl. xxm B, 1211-1280. At one time during this period a war party 
of enemies concealed themselves among a herd of buffalo, which the 
Dakotas surrounded and killed before they discovered the enemy. 
No one knows what people, or how many they were; but the Dakotas 
killed them all. The red and black lodges indicate war, and that the 
Dakotas were successful. 
The pages of the copy which embrace the period from 1281 to 1420 - 
are omitted as valueless. 
Pl. xxir A, 1421-1490. “Found horses among the buffalo again 
and caught six.” Five of the horses are represented by the hoof prints. 
The lasso or possibly the lariat is shown in use. The bundle of sticks 
is now in the recorder’s hands. 
