BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXIV 1775-’76. 1776-’77. 1777-’78. 1778-’79. 1779-’80. 1780-’81. THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.] 1775-’76.--No. I. Standing-Bull, the great-grandfather of the present Standing-Bull, discovered the Black Hills. He carried home with him a pine tree of a species he had never seen before. (In this count the Dakotas are usually distinguished by the braided scalp-lock and the feather they wear at the crown of the head, or by the manner in which they brush back and tie the hair. It will be noticed that the profile of most of the faces is given, whereas Battiste Good gives the full face. The Dakotas have of late years claimed the Black Hills, probably by right of discovery in 1775-’76; but the Crows were the former possessors.) This is also the first winter of White-Cow-Killer’s count and is called “Two-warriors-killed winter.” 1776-’77.--No. I. Many of their horses were killed by some of their own people, who were jealous because they were fatter than their own. 1777-’78.--No. I. It was an intensely cold winter, and the Man-who-has-no-skin-on-his-penis froze to death. The sign for snow or winter, i. e., a cloud with snow falling from it, is above his head. A haka-stick, which, in playing that game, they cast after a ring, is represented in front of him. Battiste Good’s record is that a Dakota named Skinned-Penis was killed in a fight with the Pawnees, and his companions left his body where they supposed it would not be found, but the Pawnees found it, and as it was frozen stiff, they dragged it into their camp and played haka with it. No. II. A war party brought in the lone pine tree from the enemy’s country. They met no enemies while out. This event is also the first in No. I, in which it marks the winter of 1775-’76. 1778-’79.--No. I. The Ponkas came and attacked a village, notwithstanding peace had just been made with them. The people repulsed and followed them, killing sixty. Some elk-hair and a feather represent Ponka. Horse tracks are used for horses. Attack is indicated by signs which were said to represent bullet marks, and which convey the idea that the bullet struck. The sign seems to be derived from the gesture-sign for “it struck.” No. II. Many of their horses were killed, but by whom is not known. The same event is recorded in No. I, 1776-’77. 1779-’80.--No. I. Long-Pine was killed in a fight with the Crows. The absence of his scalp denotes that he was killed by an enemy. The wound was made with the bow and arrow. No. II. Skinned-his-penis was used in the ring-and-pole game. 1780-’81.--No. I. Many died of small-pox. No. II. “The policeman” was killed by the enemy. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXV 1781-’82. 1782-’83. 1783-’84. 1784-’85. 1785-’86. 1786-’87. THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.] 1781-’82--No. I. Many died of small-pox.