586 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
YOUNG, 
Fig. 849.—Young-Rabbit, a Crow, was killed in battle by Red-Cloud. 
Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 186162. Here the youth of the Rabbit 
is expressed by diminutive size and short legs. 
Fig. 850.—Bad-Boy. Red-Cloud’s Census. The boyhood is expressed 
by the short hair and short scalp lock. 
BAD. 
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, 851.—Bad-Horn. Red-Cloud’s Census. The bad quality of the 
horn is expressed by its decayed and broken condition 
and its distorted curve. 
Fig. 852.—Bad-Face, a Dakota, was shot in the face. 
Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 1794-95. The bad face 
may have been broken out with blotches of disease before 
the shot, or the sears may have been the result of the shot, 
which gave occasion for a new name, as 1s common. 
The idea of ‘‘bad” is often expressed by an abnormality, 
Fig. 852.—Bad-Face. especially one which disfigures. 
Fig. 853, taken from Copway (d), repre- 
sents “bad.” The concept appears to be 
the preponderance of “below” to ‘ above.” 
BEFORE, 
Fig. 854.—Got there first. 
Red-Cloud’s Census. The 
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Fia. 853.—Bad. TOGO TEP An Rian airanaaat 
ea: figure portrays a successful ~ 
escape of an unmounted Fic. 854.—Got there first. 
Indian from a chase by enemies on horseback. The chased man gets 
home to his tipi before being overtaken by his pursuers, 
whose horses’ tracks are shown. 
BIG. 
Fig. 855.—Big-Turnip. Red-Cloud’s Census. The 
plant is also known as the navet de prairie. The large 
size of the specimen, as compared with the human head, 
is apparent. 
Fig. 856.—A Minneconjou Dakota, named Big-Crow, 
was killed by the Crow Indians. Swan’s Winter Count, 
185960. He had received his name from killing a 
Crow Indian of unusual size. The bird 
is portrayed much larger than similar 
objects in the Winter Count, from which 
it is taken. 
Fig. 857.—Grasp. Red-Cloud’s Cen- 
. sus. Here the indication of size and ,, 
strength of the hand is suggested by one 
1G, 856.—Big-Crow. 
