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Show 138 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NOBTH AMERICAN INDIANS. curved line is the bend in the river; the waved line is the water, above which the tops of the tipis are shown. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Great- flood- and- many- Indians- drowned winter." [ See page 113.] 1826-' 27.- No. I. The brother of the Good- White- Man came. No. II. Held a commemoration of the dead. The pipe- stem and the skull indicate this. White- Cow- Killer calls it u Long- Whistle- sick winter." 1827-' 28.- No. I. The snow was very deep. No. II. In a fight with the Mandans, Crier was shot in the head with a gun. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Snow- shoe- making winter." 1828- 729.- No. I. They provided themselves with a large supply of antelope meat by driving antelope into a corral, in which they were easily killed. No. II. They drove many antelope into a corral and then killed them. White- Cow- Killer calls it u Many- Rees- killed winter." 1829-' 30.- No. I. Striped- Face stabbed and killed his son- in- law f or whipping his wife. No. II. Spotted- Face stabs his son- in- law for whipping his wife. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Spotted- Face- held- on- long winter." 1830^ 31.- No. I. They saw wagons for the first time. Bed- Lake, a white trader, brought his goods in them. No. II. The Crows were approaching a village at a time when t h e re was a great deal of snow on the ground and intended to surprise it, b u t some herders discovering them the Dakotas went out, laid in wait f o r the Crows, surprised them, and killed many. A Crow's head is represented in the figure. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Killed- many- white- buffalo winter." 183l-' 32.- No. I. Bed- Lake's house, which he had recently built, was destroyed by fire, and he was killed by the accidental explosion of some powder. No. II. A white man, whom they called Gray- Eyes, shot and killed a man who was working for him. 1832-' 33.- No. I. They killed many Gros Ventres in a village whick they assaulted. No. II. All of Standing- Bull's horses were killed, but by whom is unknown. Hoof- prints, bloodstains, and arrows are shown under the horse. White- Cow- Killer calls it " One- Horn's- leg- broken winter." 1833-? 34.- No. I. The stars moved around. No. II. It rained stars. White- Cow- Killer calls it " Plenty- stars winter." The records [ see page 116] all undoubtedly refer to the magnificent meteoric display of the morning of November 13th, 1833, which was witnessed throughout North America, and which they have correctly as- |