536 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
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Fig. 752.—Owns-the- Pole, the leader of an Oglala 
war party, brought home many Cheyenne scalps. 
American-Horse’s Winter Count, 179899. The 
cross stands for Cheyenne, as explained above. 
FiG. 752.—Scalp displayed. 
Dakota. 
Fig. 753.—Black-Rock, a Dakota, was killed by the 
Crows. American-Horse’s Winter Count, 180607, 
A rock or, more correctly translated, a large stone 
is represented above his head. He was killed with 
an arrow and was scalped. The figure is intro- 
duced here to show the designation of a scalped 
Fa. 753.—Sealped head. head, which is colored red—that is, bloody—when 
Pa coloration is possible. It frequently appears in the 
Winter Counts of the Dakotas. 
AO ig. 754 was drawn by a Dakota In- 
Fes), Y = dian at Mendota, Minnesota, and repre- 
sents aman holding a scalp in one hand, 
while in the other is the gun, the weapon 
used in killing the enemy. The short 
vertical lines below the periphery of the 
scalp indicate hair. The line crossing 
the leg of the Indian is only a suggestion 
of the ground upon which he is supposed 
to stand, 
Via. 754.—Sealp taken. 
The following group pictographically expresses the hunting of ante- 
lopes. 
Fig. 755.—They drove many antelope into a cor- 
g ral and then killed them. Cloud-Shield’s Winter 
Count, 182829. This and the following two fig- 
ures show the old inode of procuring antelope and 
other animals by driving them into an inclosure. 
IG. 755.—Antelope hunt 
ing. Dakota. 
Fig. 756.—They provided themselves with a large 
supply of antelope meat by driving antelope into a 
corral, in which they were easily killed. Ameri- 
can-Horse’s Winter Count, 1528~29. 
lic. 756.—Antelope hunt- 
ing. Dakota. 
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