No. II. Many people died of small-pox. They all record two successive winters of small-pox, but No. I makes the first year of the epidemic one year later than that of Battiste Good, and No. II makes it two years later. 1782-’83.--No. I. A Dakota named Stabber froze to death. The sign for winter is the same as before. No. II. Many people died of small-pox again. 1783-’84--No. I. The Mandans and Rees made a charge on a Dakota village. The Dakotas drove them back, killed twenty five of them, and captured a boy. An eagle’s tail, which is worn on the head, stands for Mandan and Ree. No. II. The-Stabber froze to death. The man’s name is suggested by the spear in the body over his head, which is connected with his mouth by a line. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Big-fire winter,” possibly because big fires were required to keep them warm. 1784-’85.--No. I. A young man who was afflicted with the small-pox, 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, and a Pai-Ute boy at Camp 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 Oglálas 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 Brulé, was killed in an Oglála village by the Crows. No. II. The Oglálas killed three lodges of Omahas. 1786-’87.--No. I. Broken-Leg-Duck, an Oglála, 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. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXVI 1787-’88. 1788-’89. 1789-’90. 1790-’91. 1791-’92. 1792-’93. THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.] 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 Oglála, was killed by the Rees. 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 (pézi) and roots.