382 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
BRULE. 
Fig. 492,—A Brulé, who had left the village the night 
before, was found dead in the morning outside the vil- 
lage, and the dogs were eating his body. Cloud-Shield’s 
Winter Count, 182223, 
The black spot on the upper part of the thigh shows 
he was a Brule. 
NG. 492.—Brulé. 
Wie. es 8 Brulé was found dead under a tree, which had fallen on 
him. Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 180810, 
Again the burnt thigh is suggested by the black spot. 
The significance of these two figures is explained by 
the gesture sign for Brulé as follows: Rub the upper 
and outer part of the right thigh in a small circle with 
the open right hand, fingers pointing downward. These 
Indians were once caught in a prairie fire, many burned 
to death, and others badly burned about the thighs; 
hence the name Si-ca"-gu, burnt thigh, and the sign. 
According to the Brulé chronology, this fire occurred in 
Fi. 193.—Brulé. 4763, which they eall ‘‘ The-people-were-burned winter.” 
CHEYENNE. 
Fig. 494.—The Cheyenne who boasted that he was bullet and arrow 
proof was killed by white soldiers, near Fort 
Robinson, Nebraska, in the intrenchments 
behind which the Cheyennes were defending 
_themselves after they had escaped from the 
fort. Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 1878~79. 
The marks on the arm constitute the 
tribal pictographic emblem. It is explained 
by the gesture sign as follows: Pass the 
ulnar side of the extended index finger 
repeatedly across extended finger and back 
of the left hand. Fig. 495 illustrates this 
gesture sign. Frequently, however, the in- 
dex is drawn across the wrist or forearm, or 
the extended index, palin upward, is drawn 
Wig. 494.— Cheyenne: across the forefinger of the left hand (palm 
inward), several times, left hand stationary, right hand is drawn to- 
ward the body until the in- 
dex is drawn clear off; them 
repeat. Some Cheyennes be- 
lieve this to have reference 
to the former custom of cut- 
Tie. 495.—Cheyenne. ting the arms as offerings to 
spirits, while others think it refers to a more ancient custom of cutting 
