CHAPTER XVII. 
BIOGRAPHY. 
Pictographs under this head may be grouped as: ist. Continuous 
record of eventsin life. 2d. Particular exploits or events. Pictographs 
of both of these descriptions are very common. Anexcellent collection 
is published in the George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U. S. National 
Museum, with memoir and statistics by Thomas Donaldson, a part of 
the Smithsonian Report for 1885, Pls. 100 to 110. 
SECTION 1. 
CONTINUOUS RECORD OF EVENTS IN LIFE. 
An authentic and distinct example of a continuous record is the fol- 
lowing “ autobiography,” which was prepared at Grand River, Dakota, 
in 1873, in a series of eleven drawings, by Running-Antelope, chief of 
the Uncpapa Dakotas. Seven of these, regarded as of most interest, 
Fic. 814.—-Killed two Arikara. 
are now presented. The sketches were painted in water colors and 
were made for Dr. W. J. Hoffman, to whom the following interpreta- 
tious were given by the artist. 
The record comprises the most important events in the life of Run- 
ning-Antelope as a warrior. Although frequently more than one per- 
son is represented as slain, it is not to be inferred that all included in 
the same figure were killed at one time unless it is so specified, but 
that thus they were severally the victims of one expedition, of which 
the warrior was a member or leader. The bird (Falco cooperi?) upon the 
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