640 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Vig. 987.—The Dakotas went out in search of the Crows in order to 
avenge the death of Broken-Leg-Duck. They did not 
MZ find any Crows, but, chancing on a Mandan village, 
captured it and killed all the people in it. American- 
Horse’s Winter Count, 178788. 
FIG. 987.—Hit. The mark on the tipi is not the representation of a 
hatchet or tomahawk, but is explained by the gesture sign for “ hit by 
a bullet from a gun,” made by the Dakotas as follows: 
With the hands in the position of the completion of the sign for dis- 
charge of a gun, draw the right hand back from the left, that is, in to- 
ward the body; close all the fingers except the index, which is extended, 
horizontal, back toward the right, pointing straight outward, and is 
pushed forward against the center of the stationary left hand with a 
quick motion. Conception, ‘‘ Bullet comes to a stop. It struck.” 
Fig. 988. The first stock cattle were issued to them. American- 
Horse’s Winter Count, 187576. The figure represents a cow sur- 
Sy, rounded by people. A common gesture 
Ny % sign distinguishing the cattle brought by 
\ 5 Europeans from the buffalo is as follows: 
cee nae Make sign’ for buffalo, then extend the 
left forefinger and draw the extended in- 
dex acrossitrepeatedly at different places. 
Literally, spotted buffalo. 
Fig. 989.—Kills-two. Red-Cloud’s Census. In this 
figure only the suggestion of number is in point. Two 
fingers are extended. 
Fig. 990.—Four Crow Indians killed by the Minneon- 
jou Dakotas. The-Swan’s Winter Count, 
LOE Is6465. 
Pia, 990.-Sign for “The four heads and necks are shown. 
The pictograph shows the tribe of the conquerors and — yy6, 939—Two. 
not that of the victims. The gesture sign for Dakota is as follows: 
Forefinger and thumb of right hand extended (others 
closed) are drawn from left to right across the throat 
as though cutting it. The Dakotas have been named 
the ‘‘cut-throats” by some of the surrounding tribes. 
Fig. 991.—Noon. Red-Cloud’s Census. A Dakotan 
gesture sign for noon is as follows: 
Make a circle with the thumb and index for sun, and 
then hold the hand overhead, the outer 
edge uppermost. 
Fig. 992.—Hard. Red-Cloud’s Census. 
This is the representation of a stone ham- 
mer and coincides with the Dakotan ges- 
Fic. 991.—Noon. ture sign for hard as follows: 
Same as the sign for stone, which is: With the back of the arched 
right hand strike repeatedly in the palm of the left, held horizontal, 
Fia. 988.—Cow. 
Fig. 992.—Hard. 
