1790-’91.--No. I. The first United States flag in the country brought by United States troops. So said the interpreter. No special occasion or expedition is noted. Battiste Good says: “Carried-flag-about-with-them winter,” and explains; they went to all the surrounding tribes with the flag, but for what purpose is unknown. White-Cow-Killer says: “All-the-Indians-see-the-flag winter.” 1791-’92.--No. I. A Mandan and a Dakota met in the middle of the Missouri; each swimming half way across, they shook hands, and made peace. Mulligan, post interpreter at Fort Buford, says that this was at Fort Berthold, and is an historic fact; also that the same Mandan, long afterwards, killed the same Dakota. Cloud-Shield says: The Sioux and Omahas made peace. 1792-’93.--No. I. Dakotas and Rees meet in camp together, and are at peace. The two styles of dwellings, viz., the tipi of the Dakotas, and the earth lodge of the Arickaras, are apparently depicted. Battiste Good says: “Camp-near-the-Gros-Ventres winter,” and adds: “They were engaged in a constant warfare during this time.” The Gros Ventres’ dirt-lodge, with the entry in front, is depicted in Battiste Good’s figure, and on its roof is the head of a Gros Ventre. See Cloud-Shields’s explanations of his figure for this year, page 133. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. VIII 1793-’94. 1794-’95. 1795-’96. 1796-’97. 1797-’98. 1798-’99. 1799-1800. THE DAKOTA WINTER COUNTS.] 1793-’94.--No. I. Thin-Face, a noted Dakota chief, was killed by Rees. Battiste Good says: “Killed-a-long-haired-man-at-Raw-Hide-Butte winter,” adding that the Dakotas attacked a village of fifty-eight lodges, of a tribe [called by a correspondent the Cheyennes], and killed every soul in it. After the fight they found the body of a man whose hair was done up with deer-hide in large rolls, and on cutting them open, found it was all real hair, very thick, and as long as a lodge-pole. (Mem.: Catlin tells of a Crow called Long-Hair, whose hair, by actual measurement, was 10 feet 7 inches long.) The fight was at Raw-Hide Butte, now so-called by the whites, which they named Buffalo-Hide Butte because they found so many buffalo hides in the lodges. According to Cloud-Shield, Long-Hair was killed in 1786-’87; and, according to American-Horse, Long-Hair (a Cheyenne) was killed in 1796-’97. White-Cow-Killer says: “Little-Face-kill winter.” Battiste Good says in his count for the succeeding year, 1794-’95, “Killed-little-face-Pawnee winter.” The Pawnee’s face was long, flat, and narrow like a man’s hand, but he had the body of a large man. 1794-’95--No. I. A Mandan chief killed a noted Dakota chief with remarkably long hair, and took his scalp. White-Cow-Killer says: “Long-Hair-killed winter.” 1795-’96--No. I. While surrounded by the enemy (Mandans) a Blackfeet Dakota Indian goes at the risk of his life for water for the party.