562 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN -INDIANS. 
displayed eagle, and the lance with eagle feather for a pennon, recalls 
the equipments of chivalry. 
Fia, 790. 
Fig. 790.—The Dakotas and Pawnees 
fought on the ice on the North Platte 
river. American-Horse’s Winter Count, 
185637. The Dakotas were on the 
north side (the right-hand side in the 
figure), the Pawnees on the south side 
(the left in the figure). Horsemen and 
footmen on the left are opposed to 
footmen on the right. Both sides have 
guns and bows, as shown by the bullet- 
marks and the arrows. Blood-stains are on the ice. 
Fic, 792. 
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Fic, 794. 
Fig. 791.—The Dakotas fought the 
Pawnees across the ice on the North 
Platte. Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 
1836~37. The man on the left is a 
Pawnee. This is a variant of the pre- 
ceding figure, far less graphically ex- 
pressed. = 
Fig. 792.—The Dakotas fought with 
the Cheyennes. Cloud-Shield’s Winter 
Count, 1834~35. The stripes on the > 
arm are for Cheyenne, as before ex- 
plained. 
Fig. 793.—White-Bull and thirty 
other Oglalas were killed by the Crows 
and Shoshoni. American-Horse’s Win- 
ter Count, 1845-46, 
Fig.794.—Mato-wayuhi, Conquering- 
Bear, was killed by white soldiers, and 
thirty white soldiers were killed by 
the Dakotas, 9 miles below Fort Lara- 
mie. American-Horse’s Winter Count, 
185455. The thirty black dots in three 
lines stand for the soldiers, and a red 
stain at the end of the line, starting 
from the pictured discharge of a gun, means killed. The head covered 
