604 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Fig. 959.—Torn-Belly and his wife were killed by some of their own 
people in a quarrel. Cloud Shield’s Winter Count, 1855~56. Here the 
man and wife are united by the inclusive line. 
Fig, 960.—Eight Minneconjou Da- 
kotas were killed by Crow Indians at ANI 
the mouth of Powder river. The- Fic. 960.—Same 
Swan’s Winter Count, 1805-06, This ee 
device is very frequently used to denote the 
death of the Dakotas. The black strokes indi- 
cate the death of persons of the number delinea- 
Fig. 959.—Man and wife. ted and the union line shows that they were of 
the same tribe. 
Fig. 961.—Blackfeet Dakotas kill three Rees. The-Flame’s Winter 
Count for 1798-799. Here the uniting line of death refers to others than 
Dakotas, which does not often appear, 
but the principle is maintained that the 
dead are of the same tribe. 
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Fic. 961.—Same WHIRLWIND. 
tribe. 
Fig. 962.—Mato-wamniyomni, Bear-Whirlwind. 
The Oglala Roster. This figure shows over the bear’s 
head a variant of the character given in Red Cloud’s 
Census, Fig.963. The figure appears, according to the 
explanation given by several Oglala Dakota Indians, 
to signify the course of a whirlwind with the trans : : 5 
és . aa F Fic. 962. —Bear-Whirl- 
verse lines in imitation of the circular movement of wind. 
the air, conveying dirt and leaves, Observed during 
such aerial disturbances. 
Fig. 963. — Represents White- 
Whirlwind, above referred to, from 
Red-Cloud’s Census. In this the des- 
ignating character is more distinct. 
: Fig. 964.—Leating. Red-Cloud’s 
KG. 963.—White-Whirl- Census. This seems to be of the 
ae same description. It is said to be 
drawn in imitation of a number of fallen leaves packed — fre. 964.—Leafing. 
against one another and whirled along the ground. It also has re- 
ference to the season when leaves 
fall —autumn. 
Mr. Keam’s MS. describing Fig. 
965, says: 
O) It isa decoration of great frequency and 
consisting of the single and double spirals. 
The single spiral is the symbol of Ho-bo- 
bo, the twister, who manifests his power by 
Fic. 965. —W hirlwind. the whirlwind. It is also of frequent oceur- 
rence as a rock etching in the vicinity of ruins, where also the symbol of the Ho- 
