Mato Sapa says: Dakotas were starving; made medicine to Great Spirit by painting buffalo head on their lodges; plenty came. Major Bush substantially same as Mato Sapa. 1844-’45.--No. I. Mandans wintered in Black Hills. No. II. The Minneconjous built a pine fort. Device: A pine tree connected with a tipi. No. III. Unusually heavy snow; had to build corrals for ponies. Major Bush says: Heavy snow, in which many of their ponies perished. Probably the Indians went into the woods and erected their tipis there as protection from the snow, thus accounting for the figure of the tree. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXIV 1845-’46. 1846-’47. 1847-’48. THE DAKOTA WINTER COUNTS.] 1845-’46--No. I. Dakotas have much feasting at Ash Point, 20 miles above Fort Sully. No. II. Plenty of buffalo meat, which is represented as hung upon poles and trees to dry. No. III. Immense quantities of buffalo meat. 1846-’47.--No. I. Broken-Leg dies. No. II. Broken-Leg died. Rev. Dr. Williamson says he knew him. He was a Brulé. There is enough difference between this device and those for 1808-’09 and 1832-’33 to distinguish each. No. III. A Minneconjou Dakota named Broken-Leg died. Battiste Good calls this: “The-Teal-broke-his-leg winter.” The arm in his character, given in Figure 45, is lengthened so as nearly to touch the broken leg, which is shown distorted, instead of indicating the injury by the mere distortion of the leg itself as in the charts on Plate XXIV. The bird over the head and connected by a line with it, probably represents the teal as a name-totem. He was perhaps called Broken-Leg after the injury, or perhaps the other interpreters did not remember his name, only the circumstance. [Illustration: FIG. 45.--The-Teal-broke-his-leg.] Mato Sapa says: A Minneconjou named Broken-Leg died. The Corbusier records for 1847-’48 refer to a number of accidents by which legs were broken. See page 142. 1847-’48--No. I. Mandans kill two Minneconjous. No. II. Two-Man was killed. His totem is drawn--two small man-figures side by side. No. III. Two Minneconjou Dakotas killed by the Assiniboine Indians. Major Bush says: the wife of an Assiniboine chief named Big-Thunder had twins. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXV 1848-’49. 1849-’50. 1850-’51. THE DAKOTA WINTER COUNTS.] 1848-’49.--No. I. Humpback, a Minneconjou, killed. No. II. Humpback was killed. An ornamented lance pierces the distorted back. No. III. A Minneconjou Dakota named Broken-Back was killed by the Crow Indians at Black Hills. Major Bush says: A Minneconjou, Broken-Back, was killed by Crows. 1849-’50.--No. I. Crows steal all the Dakotas’ horses. No. II. The Crows stole a large drove of horses (it is said eight hundred) from the Brulés. The circle may denote multitude, at least one hundred, but probably is a simple design for a camp or corral from which a number of horse-tracks are departing.