Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256Mallery, Garrick
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Pictographs of the North American Indians. A preliminary paper: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 3-256
Mallery, Garrick
Haida Indians; Picture-writing, Indian; Tattooing
1832-’33.--No. I. They killed many Gros Ventres in a village which they
assaulted.
No. II. All of Standing-Bull’s horses were killed, but by whom is
unknown. Hoof-prints, blood-stains, and arrows are shown under the
horse.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “One-Horn’s-leg-broken winter.”
1833-’34.--No. I. The stars moved around.
No. II. It rained stars.
White Cow-Killer calls it “Plenty-stars winter.”
The records [see page 116] all undoubtedly refer to the magnificent
meteoric display of the morning of November 13th, 1833, which was
witnessed throughout North America, and which they have correctly
assigned to the winter corresponding with that of 1833-’34. All of
them represent stars as having four points.
1834-’35.--No. I. They were at war with the Cheyennes. The Cheyenne is
the one with the stripes on his arm.
No. II. They fought with the Cheyennes. The stripes on the arm are for
Cheyenne as before.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Cheyennes-came-and-one-killed winter.”
[Illustration:
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLIV
1835-’36.
1836-’37.
1837-’38.
1838-’39.
1839-’40.
1840-’41.
THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.]
1835-’36.--No. I. They killed a very fat buffalo bull.
No. II. They killed a very fat buffalo bull.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Two warriors-killed winter.”
1836-’37.--No. I. The Dakotas and the Pawnees fought on the ice on the
North Platte River. The former were on the north side, the right-hand
side in the figure, the latter on the south side, the left in the
figure. Horsemen and footmen on the right are opposed to footmen on the
left. Both sides have guns and bows, as shown by the bullet-marks and
the arrows. The red marks are for blood-stains on the ice.
No. II. They fought the Pawnees across the ice on the North Platte. The
man on the left is a Pawnee.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Fight-on-ice winter.”
1837-’38.--No. I. Paints-His-Cheeks-Red and his family, who were
camping by themselves, were killed by Pawnees.
No. II. Paints-His-Face-Red, a Dakota, was killed in his tipi by the
Pawnees.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Five-Fingers-died winter.”
1838-’39.--No. I. Spotted-Horse carried the pipe around and took
the war path against the Pawnees, to avenge the death of his uncle,
Paints-His-Cheeks-Red.
No. II. Crazy-Dog, a Dakota, carried the pipe around and took the war
path. The waved or spiral lines denote crazy.
White-Cow-Killer says, “Paints-his-Chin’s-lodge-all-killed winter.”
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