560 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
In 1858 a war party of Mille Lacs Ojibwa Indians, a, under the 
leadership of Shahash’king, b, went to attack Shakopi’s camp, ¢, of 
Sioux at St. Peter’s river, d. Shaékopiis represented ate. The Ojibwa 
lost one man, f, at the St. Peter’s river, while the Ojibwa killed five 
Sioux, but succeeded in securing only one arm of an Indian, g. 
Fic. 787.—Megagque's last battle. 
The line h is the trail followed between Mille Lacs, a, and Shakopi’s 
camp, ¢ The spots at ¢ designate the location of lodges, while the 
vertical line with short ones extending from it, 7, signifies the prairie 
with trees growing near camp. 
Fig. 787 is the pictorial story of Megaque’s last battle, drawn on birch 
bark by the» Passamaquoddy chief, Sapiel Selmo, with his interpreted 
description. 
