MALLERY.] HORSE STEALING. 657 
Fig. 1048.—Many wild horses caught. The-Flame’s Winter Count, 
1812-13. . 
Fig. 1049.—Dakotas first used a lasso for catching wild 
horses. The-Swan’s Winter Count, 1812-13. In these 
two figures the lasso is shown without the animal, thus be- 
coming the conventional sign for wild horse. 
ee? Fig. 1050.—Crow Indians stole 200 horses from 
the Minneconjou Dakotas, near Black Hills. 
The-Swan’s Winter Count, 184950. This figure 
is inserted to show in the present connection the 
lunules, which signify unshod horses. The In- 
we yl dians never shod their ponies, and the hoof 
UY marks may be either of wild horses, herds of 
Ly u UV which formerly roamed the prairies, or the com- 
Fra. 1050. mou horses brought into subjection. igs /1049. 
Fig. 1051.—Blackfeet Dakotas stole some American horses having 
shoes on. Horseshoes seen for the first time. The-Swan’s 
Winter Count, 1802~03. The horseshoe here depicted is the 
Fra. 1051. conventional sign for the white man’s horse. 
HORSE STEALING. 
Fig. 1052.—Runs- off-the- Horse. Red-Cloud’s Census. *‘‘ Runs oft” 
in the parlance of the plains means steal-¢ 
ing. 
Fig. 1053.—Runs-off-the- Horse. Red- € 
Cloud’s Census. This figure explains the 
one preceding. The 
\ man has in his 
hand a lariat or 
perhaps a lasso. 
Roce lOb4e=— : 
Drags - the - Rope. 7 
Red-Cloud’s Cen- 
Fig. 1052. sus. Thisis avari- Fia. 1053. 
ant of the last figure, without, however, the 
exhibition of anything, such as tracks, to 
indicate horses. 
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Fia. 1054. Fic. 1055. Fia. 1056. 
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