| OCR Text |
Show 158 PICT0GRAPH8 OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. another spring ( Stump's) to complete the second day; then he followed the line representing the Spanish trail to the east of the divide of the second ridge above named, where he left it, and passing northward to the first valley, he thrust the short stick into the ground and said, " Las Yegas." It is needless to say that the information was found to be correct and of considerable value to the party. Schoolcraft ( Vol. I, p. 334, PI. 47, Fig. B) mentions that the discovery, on one of the tributaries of the Susquehanna River, " of an Indian map drawn on stone, with intermixed devices, a copy of which appears iu the first volume of the collections of the Historical Committee of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, proves, although it is thus far isolated, that stone was also employed in that branch of inscription. This discovery was in the area occupied by the Lenapees, who are known to have practiced the art, which they called Ola Walum." The Tegua Pueblos, of New Mexico, " traced upon the ground a sketch of their country, with the names and locations of the pueblos occupied in New Mexico," a copy of which, " somewhat improved," is given in Vol. Ill, Pacific R. R. Explorations, 1856, Part III, pp. 9,10. A Yuma map of the Colorado River, with the names and locations of tribes within its valley, is also figured in the last mentioned volume, page 19. The map was originally traced upon the ground. A Pai- Uta map of the Colorado River is also figured in the same connection, which was obtained by Lieutenant Whipple and party. Fio. 60.- Lean- Wolf s sap. Hidatsa. Lean- Wolf, of the Hidatsa, who drew the picture of which Figure 60 is a fac- simile, made a trip on foot from Fort Berthold to Fort Bu-ford, Dakota, to steal a horse from the Dakotas encamped there. The |
