MALLERY. ] METEORS. 723 
There were not many correspondents of scientific institutions in the 
upper Missouri region at the date mentioned. 
Fig. 1216.—Large ball of fire with hissing noise (aerolite). The- 
Flame’s Winter Count, 182122. 
Fig. 1217.—Dakota Indians saw an immense meteor passing from 
southeast to northwest, which exploded 
with great noise. The-Swan’s Winter 
Count, 182122. 
Battiste Good says for the same phe- 
nomenon: ‘ Star-passed-by-with-loud- 
noise winter.” His device is shown 
in Fig. 1218, showing the meteor, its 
pathway, and the clouds from which it 
came. 
The five winter counts next cited all 
undoubtedly refer to the magnificent meteoric display of the morning 
ate of November 13, 1833, which was witnessed throughout 
North America and which was correctly e 
assigned to the winter corresponding with  y#tpe7as 
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Fic. 1217. 
Fig. 1218. 
stars having four points, except The- eta 
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x Swan,who draws a globular object followed riety is 
Fig. 1219. by a linear track. FIG. 1220. 
Fig. 1219.—It rained stars. Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 183334. 
White-Cow-Killer calls it ‘‘ Plenty-stars winter.” ae Oe 
_ Fig. 1220.—The stars moved around. American-Horse’s 4 w 
Winter Count, 1833~34. This shows one large four- a 
pointed star as the characterizing object and many small x” 
stars, also four-pointed. 
Fig. 1221.—Many stars fell. The-Flame’s Winter Count, 
1833354. The character shows six stars above the concav- Fic. 1221. 
ity of the moon. 
Fig. 1222.—Dakotas witnessed magnificent meteoric showers; much 
terrified. The-Swan’s Winter Count, 183334. 
Battiste Good calls it “ Storm-of-stars winter,” and gives as the de- 
vice a tipi with stars falling around 
iM it. This is presented in Fig. 1223 
The tipi is colored yellow in the 
original and so represented in the 
I SE figure according to the heraldic 
scheme. 
Fig. 1224 is taken from Kings- 
borough, 1, Pls. xxrx and xxx. 
NS The description, given in Codex 
Tell.-Rem., v1, p. i48, et seq., is as 
Fic. 1222. follows: Regarding the left-hand Fic, 1223. 
