No. II. Picket-Pin went against the Cheyennes. A picket-pin is represented in front of him and is connected with his mouth by the usual line. The black band across his face denotes that he was brave and had killed enemies. The cross is the symbol for Cheyenne. The mark used for Cheyenne stands for the scars on their arms, or stripes on their sleeves, which also gave rise to the gesture sign for this tribe, given in Sign Language among the North American Indians, etc., First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, p. 465, viz.: Draw the extended right index, or the inner edge of the open right hand, several times across the base of the extended left index or across the left forearm at different heights. White-Cow-Killer calls it “All-the-Indians-see-the-flag winter.” 1791-’92.--No. I. Glue, an Oglála, froze to death on his way to a Brulé village. A glue-stick is represented back of his head. Glue, made from the hoofs of buffalo, is used to fasten arrow-heads on, and is carried about on sticks. No. II. The Dakotas and Omahas made peace. 1792-’93.--No. I. Many women died in child-birth. No. II. The Dakotas camped on the Missouri River near the Gros Ventres and fought with them a long time. The Dakota tipi and the Gros Ventre lodge are shown in the figure. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Rees-house-winter.” [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXVII 1793-’94. 1794-’95. 1795-’96. 1796-’97. 1797-’98. 1798-’99. THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.] 1793-’94.--No. I. A Ponka who was captured when a boy by the Oglálas was killed while outside the village by a war party of Ponkas. No. II. Bear’s-Ears was killed in a fight with the Rees. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Little-Face-killed winter.” 1794-’95.--No. I. The-Good-White-Man came with two other white men. He promised that if they would let him and his companions go undisturbed he would return and bring with him weapons with which they could kill game with but little labor. They gave them buffalo robes and dogs to pack them on and sent the party off. The sign for white man is a hat, either by itself or on a head, and the gesture-sign indicates one who wears a hat. Draw the open right hand horizontally from left to right across the forehead a little above the eyebrows, the back of the hand to be upward and the fingers pointing toward the left, or draw the index across the forehead in the same manner. No. II. Bad-Face, a Dakota, was shot in the face. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Long-Hair-killed winter.” 1795-’96.--No. I. The-Man-Who-Owns-the-Flute was killed by the Cheyennes. His flute is represented in front of him with sounds coming from it. A bullet mark is on his neck. No. II. The Dakotas camped near the Rees and fought with them. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Water-Stomach-killed winter.”