MALLERY.] BATTISTE GOOD’S WINTER COUNT. 313 
Fig. 356, 1799-1800.—< Don’t-Eat-Buffalo Heart-made-a-commemora- 
tion-of-the-dead winter.” A buffalo heart is repre- 
sented above the man. Don’t Eat is expressed by 
the gesture sign for negation, a part of which is 
indicated, and the line connecting the heart with 
his mouth. The red flag which is used in the cere- 
mony is employed as its symbol. The name Don’t 
EKat-Buftalo-Heart refers to the man for whom that 
viand is taboo, either by gentile rules or from per- 
sonal visions. The religious ceremony of commem- 
oration of the dead is mentioned elsewhere in this f 
work, see Chapter XIv, section 6. Fia. 356. 
Fig. 357, 1800—01.—‘‘The-Good-White-Man-came winter.” Seven 
white men came in the spring of the year to their 
village in a starving condition; after feeding them 
and treating them well, they allowed them to go on 
their way unmolested. The Dakotas [of the re- 
corder’s band] had heard of the whites, but had 
never seen any before. In the fall some more came, 
and with them, The-Good-White-Man, who is repre- 
sented in the figure, and who was the first one to 
trade with them. They became very fond of him 
because of his fair dealings with them. The gesture 
made by his hands is similar to benediction, and FiG. 357. 
suggests a part of the Indian gesture sign for ‘ good.” 
Fig. 358, 1801~02.— “Smallpox - used - them - up- 
again winter.” The man figure is making a part of 
a common gesture sign for death, which consists 
substantially in changing the index from a perpen- 
dicular to a horizontal position and then pointing to 
the ground. 
Fig. 358, 
Fig. 359, 180203. —“ Brought-home-Pawnee- 
horses-with-iron-shoes-on winter.” The Dakotas 
had not seen horseshoes before. This agrees with 
and explains Lone-Dog’s Winter Count for the 
same year. 
FiG. 359. 
