MALLERY.] BATTISTE GOOD’S WINTER COUNT. 305 
stroyed their entire village. Many of their children and a man and his 
wife, who were on foot some distance away from the village, ; 
were burned to death, as also were many of their horses. 
All the people that could get to a long lake, which was 
near by, saved themselves by jumping into it. Many of 
these were badly burned about the thighs and legs, and 
this circumstance gave rise to the name Sican-zhu, burnt aoe 
thigh (or simply burnt as translated Brulé by the French), Fig. 319. 
by which they have since been known, and also to the gesture sign, as 
follows: “Rub the upper and outer part of the right thigh in a small 
circle with the open right hand, fingers pointing downward.” 
Fig. 320, 1763~64.—“ Many-sticks-for-drying-beef win- 
ter. They dried so much meat that the village was crowded 
with drying poles and scaffolds. 
Fig, 320. 
Fig. 321, 17646! -—“‘Stole-their-horses- while-they- 
were-on-the-hunt winter.” A Dakota war party * 
chanced to find a hunting party of Assiniboins asleep 
and stole twenty of their horses. It was storming at 
the time and horses had their packs on and were 
tied. The marks which might appear to represent a 
European saddle on the horse’s back denote a pack 
or load. Hunting is symbolized as before, by the 
buffalo head struck by an arrow. 
Fia. 321. 
Fig. 322, 1765~66,—“ Killed-a- war - party-of - four- 
Pawnees winter.” The four Pawnees (Rees) made an 
attack on the Dakota camp. 
Fig. 323, 1766~67.—“ Brought - home - sixty-Assini- 
boin-horses (one spotted) winter.” They were all 
the horses the Assiniboins had and were on an island 
in the Missouri river, from which the Dakotas 
cleverly stole them during a snowstorm. 
10 ETH 20 Fia. 323. 
