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Show 1 132 PICTOGBAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. and was in his tipi, off by himself, sang his death- song and shot himself. Suicide is more common among Indians than is generally suspected, and even boys sometimes take their own lives. A Dakota boy at one of the agencies shot himself rather than face his companions after his mother had whipped him, andaPai- Ute boy at Gamp McDermit, Nevada, tried to poison himself with the wild parsnip because he was not well and strong like the other boys. The Pai- Utes usually eat the wild parsnip when bent on suicide. No. II. An Omaha woman who was living with the Ogl& las attempted to run away from them, and they killed her. A war between the two tribes was the result. 1785-> 86.- No. I. Bear's- Ears, a Brute, was killed in an Ogldla village by the Crows. No. II. The Ogl& las killed three lodges of Omaha*. 1786-' 87.- No. I. Broken- Leg- Duck, an Ogl& la, went to a Crow village to steal horses and was killed. A line connects the name with the mouth. No. II. Long- Hair was killed. To what tribe he belonged is not known. 1787-' 88.- No. I. They went out in search of the Crows in order to avenge the death of Broken- Leg- Duck. They did not find any Crows, but, chancing on a Mandan village, captured it and killed all the people in it. No. II. A year of famine. They lived on roots, which are represented in front of the tipi. 1788-> 89.- No. I. Last- Badger, an Ogl& la, was killed by the Bees. No. II. The winter was so cold that many crows froze to death. White- Cow- Killer calls 1787-' 88 " Many- black- crows- died winter." 1789-' 90.- No. I. The cold was so intense that crows froze in the air and dropped dead near the lodges. No. II. White- Goose was killed in an attack made by some enemies. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Goose- Feather- killed winter." 1790-' 91.- No. I. They could not hunt on account of the deep snow, and were compelled to subsist on anything they could get, as herbs ( p6zi) and roots. No. II. Picket- Pin went against the Cheyennes. A picket- pin is represented in front of him and is connected with his mouth by the usual line. The black band across his face denotes that he was brave and had killed enemies. The cross is the symbol for Cheyenne. The mark used for Cheyenne stands for the bears on their arms, or stripes on their sleeves, which also gave rise to the gesture sign for this tribe, given in Sign Language among the North American Indians, etc, First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, p. 465, viz.: Draw the extended right index,, or the inner edge of. the open right hand, several times across the base of the extended left index or across the left forearm at different heights. |
