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Show MALL » Y.] DAKOTA WINTEtt COUNT8, 1794- 1802. 103 Battiste Good says: " Took- the- god- woman- captive winter," adding: a Dakota war party captured a woman of a tribe unknown, who, in order to gain their respect, cried out, " I am a ' Waukan- Tanka' woman," meaning that she feared 6r belonged to God, the Great Spirit, whereupon they let her go unharmed. A note is added: This is the origin of their name for God [ Wakan- Taiika], the Great Holy, or Supernatural Cue, they having never heard of a Supreme Being, but had offered their prayers to the sun, earth, and many other objects, believing they were endowed with spirits. White- Cow- Killer says: " Caught- a- medicine- god- woman winter." 1798- W.- No. I. Blackfeet Dakotas kill three Rees. 1790- 1800.- No. I. Uncpapas kill two Rees. The figure over the heads of the two Rees is a bow, showing the mode of death. The hair of the Arickaras in this and the preceding character is represented in the same manner. 180O-' 0L- No. I. Thirty- one Dakotas killed by Crows. No. II. Thirty Dakotas were killed by Crow Indians. The device consists of thirty parallel black lines in three columns, the outer lines being united. In this chart, such black lines always signify the death of Dakotas killed by their enemies. The Absaroka or Crow tribe, although classed by ethnographers as belonging to the Siouan family, has nearly always been at war with the Dakotas proper since tbe whites have had any knowledge of either. The official tables of 1875 give the number of Crows then living as 4,200. They are tall, well- made, bold, and noted for the extraordinary length of their hair. No. III. Thirty Dakotas killed by the Gros Ventres Indians between Forts Berthold and Union, Dakota. Mato Sapa's record has nine inside strokes in three rows, the interpretation being that thirty Dakotas were killed by Gros Ventres between Forts Berthold and Union, Dakota. Major Bush says the same, adding that it was near the present site of Fort Buford. 1801-' 02.- No. I. Many died of small- pox. No. II. The small pox broke out in the nation. The device is the head and body of a man covered with red blotches. No. III. All the Dakotas had the small- pox very bad; fatal. Battiste Good's record says: " Small- pox- used- them- up- again winter." White- Cow- Killer says: " All- sick winter." Major Bush adds " very badly " to " small- pox broke out." 1802-' 03.- No. I. First shod horses seen by Indians. No. II. A Dakota stole horses with shoes on, i. e., stole them either directly from the whites or from some other Indians who had before obtained them from whites, as the Indians never shoe their horses. The device is a horseshoe. r |
