342 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
A Yuma map of the Colorado river, with the names and locations of 
tribes within its valley, is also figured in the last mentioned volume, 
page 19. The map was originally traced upon the ground. 
A Piute map of the Colorado river, which was obtained by Lieut. 
Whipple, is also figured in the same connection. 
Lean-Wolf, of the Hidatsa, who drew the picture of which Fig. 452 
is a copy, made a trip on foot from Fort Berthold to Fort Buford, 
Dakota, to steal a horse from the Dakotas encamped there. The return- 
ing horse tracks show that he was successful and that he rode home. 
The following is his explanation of the characters: 
Lean-Wolf is represented at a by the head only of a man to which is attached 
the outline of a wolf; b, Hidatsa earth lodges, circular in form, the spots represent- 
ing the pillars supporting the roof—Indian village at Fort Berthold, Dakota; c, 
human footprints, the course taken by the recorder; d, the Government buildings 
at Fort Buford (square); e, several Hidatsa lodges (round), the occupants of which 
Fig. 452.—Lean-Wolf’s map. Hidatsa. 
had intermarried with the Dakotas; f, Dakota lodges; g, a small square—a white 
man’s house—with a cross marked upon it to represent a Dakota lodge, which 
denotes that the owner, a white man, had married a Dakota woman, who dwelt 
there; h, horse tracks returning to Fort Berthold; i, the Missouri river; j, Tule 
creek; k, Little Knife river; 1, White Earth river; m, Muddy creek; n, Yellowstone 
river; 0, Little Missouri river; p, Dancing Beard creek. 
The following illustration, Fig. 453, is the chart of the field of a bat- 
tle between Ojibwas and Sioux with its description. The illustration, 
made by Ojibwa, the old Indian elsewhere mentioned, was drawn on 
birch bark, while the details of the description were oral. The locality - 
referred to is above the mouth of Crow river, near Sauk rapids, Min- 
nesota. 
The chart refers to an episode of war in 1854, when 3 Ojibwa were 
pursued by 50 Dakota. Many of the lakes appear to be duplicated in 
name, simply because no special name for them was known. 
