MALLERY.] TRIBAL DESIGNATIONS. 381 
Fig. 487.—The Dakotas killed a Crow and his squaw 
who were found on a trail. Cloud-Shield’s Winter 
Count, 183940. 
This is a front view. The union line signifies hus- 
band and wife. 
ARAPAHO. 
Fig. 488.—Arapaho, in the Dakota language, magpi- 
yato, blue cloud, is here shown by a circular cloud, drawn 
in blue in the original, inclosing the head of aman. Red- 
Cloud’s census. 
Fig. 488.—Ara- 
paho. 
ARIKARA OR REE. 
Fig. 489 is the tribal sign of the Arikara, made by the 
Dakota, taken from the Winter Count of Battiste Good 
for the year 182324, which he calls ‘‘ General -—- first- 
appeared - and -the-Dakotas- aided-in-an-attack-on-the-Rees 
winter,” also ‘Much corn winter.” 
The gun and the arrow in contact with the ear of corn 
show that both whites and Indians fought the Rees. The 
ear of corn signifies “‘Ree” or Arikara Indians, who are 
designated in gesture language as ‘corn shellers.” 
Fic. 489-— Ari- 
kara. 
Fig. 490.—A Dakota kills one Ree. The-Flame’s Winter 
Count, 1874-75. Here the ear of corn, the conventional 
sign for Arikara, has become abbreviated. 
Fic. 490.—An- 
Kara. 
ASSINIBOIN. 
Fig. 491 is the tribal designation for Assiniboin or Hohe made by 
the Dakota, as taken from the Winter Count of Battiste 
Good for the year 1709-10. 
The Hohe means the voice, or, aS some say, the voice of 
the musk ox, and the device is the outline of the vocal mie Geet 
organs, according to the Dakota concept, and represents _ siniboin. 
the upper lip and roof of the mouth, the tongue, the lower lip, and chin 
and neck. The view is lateral, and resembles the sectional aspect of 
the mouth and tongue. 
