1796-’97.--No. I. They killed the long-haired man in a fight with the Cheyennes while on an expedition to avenge the death of The-Man-Who-Owns-the-Flute, who was killed by the Cheyennes the year before. No. II. Badger, a Dakota, was killed by enemies, as shown by the absence of his scalp. White-Cow-Killer calls it “War-Bonnet-killed winter.” 1797-’98.--No. I. Little-Beaver and three other white men came to trade, having been sent by the Good-White-Man. Their goods were loaded on three sleds, each drawn by six dogs. No. II. The-Wise-Man was killed by enemies. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Caught-the-medicine-god-woman winter.” 1798-’99.--No. I. Owns-the-Pole, the leader of an Oglála war party, brought home many Cheyenne scalps. The cross stands for Cheyenne. No. II. Many women died in child-birth. White-Cow-Killer says, “Many-squaws-died winter.” [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXVIII 1799-1800. 1800-’01. 1801-’02. 1802-’03. 1803-’04. 1804-’05. THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.] 1799-1800.--No. I. The-Good-White-Man returned and gave guns to the Dakotas. The circle of marks represents the people sitting around him, the flint-lock musket the guns. No. II. A woman who had been given to a white man by the Dakotas was killed because she ran away from him. [See No. I, 1804-’05.] White-Cow-Killer says, “The-Good-White-Man-came winter.” 1800-’01.--No. I. Nine white men came to trade with them. The covered head with short hair stands for a white man and also intimates that the eight dots over it are for white men. According to this count the first whites came in 1794-’95. No. II. The Good-White-Man came. He was the first white man to trade and live with the Dakotas. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Don’t-Eat-Heart-makes-a-god-house winter.” 1801-’02.--No. I. The Oglálas, Brulés, Minneconjous, Sans Arcs, and Cheyennes united in an expedition against the Crows. They surprised and captured a village of thirty lodges, killed all the men, and took the women and children prisoners. The three tipis stand for thirty; the red spots are for blood. No. II. A trader brought them their first guns. White-Cow-Killer says, “All-sick-winter.” 1802-’03.--No. I. The Ponkas attacked two lodges of Oglálas, killed some of the people, and made the rest prisoners. The Oglálas went to the Ponka village a short time afterward and took their people from the Ponkas. In the figure an Oglála has a prisoner by the arm leading him away. The arrow indicates that they were ready to fight. No. II. The Omahas made an assault on a Dakota village. Arrows and bullets are flying back and forth. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Brought-in-horse-shoes winter.” 1803-’04--No. I. They made peace with the Gros Ventres. No. II. Little-Beaver, a white trader, came. White-Cow-Killer calls it “Plenty-of-woolly-horses winter.”