384 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
HIDATSA, GROS VENTRE, OR MINITARI. 
Fig. 499 shows the tribal designation of the Gros Ventres by the 
Dakotas, on the authority of Battiste Good, 1789~90. 
Two Gros Ventres were killed on the ice by the 
Dakotas. The two are designated by two spots of 
blood on the ice, and killed is expressed by a blood- 
tipped arrow against the figure of the man above. 
The long hair, with a red forehead, denotes the Gros 
Ventre. In other Dakota records the same style of 
painting the forehead red designates the Arikara and Absaroka Indians. 
The horizontal band, which is blue in the original, signifies ice. 
Fie. 499,— Hidatsa. 
KAIOWA. 
Fig. 500 shows the tribal designation of the Kaiowa by the Dakota, 
taken from the Winter Count of Battiste Good, 
181415. He calls the winter “Smashed-a-Kaiowa’s- 
head-in winter.” The tomahawk with which it was 
done is in contact with the Kaiowa’s head. 
The sign for Kaiowa is sometimes made by passing 
one or both hands, naturally extended, in short hori- 
zontal circles on either side of the head, together 
with a shaking motion, the conception being ‘“rattle- 
Fig. 500._Kaiowa. brained” or ‘“‘crazy heads.” The picture is drawn to 
represent the man in the attitude of making this gesture, and not the 
involuntary raising of the hands upon receiving the blow, such atti- 
tudes not appearing in Battiste Good’s system. 
Fic, 501.—Kaiowa. 
This gesture is illustrated in Fig. 501. 
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