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
1858-’59.--No. I. They made peace with the Pawnees. The one on the left
is a Pawnee.
No. II. They bought Mexican blankets of John Richard, who bought many
wagon-loads of the Mexicans.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Yellow-blanket-killed winter.”
[Illustration:
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLVIII
1859-’60.
1860-’61.
1861-’62.
1862-’63.
1863-’64.
1864-’65.
THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.]
1859-’60.--No. I. Broken-Arrow fell from his horse while running
buffalo and broke his neck.
No. II. Black-Shield says prayers and takes the war path to avenge the
death of two of his sons who had been killed by the Crows.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Black-Shield’s-two
boys-go-hunting-and-are-killed-by-the-Crows winter.”
1860-’61.--No. I. Two-Face, an Oglála, was badly burnt by the explosion
of his powder-horn.
No. II. They capture a great many antelope by driving them into a pen.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Babies-all-sick-and-many-die winter.”
1861-’62.--No. I. Spider was killed (stabbed) in a fight with the
Pawnees.
No. II. Young-Rabbit, a Crow, was killed in battle by Red-Cloud.
White-Cow-Killer calls it
“Crow-Indian-Spotted-Horse-stole-many-horses-and-was-killed winter.”
1862-’63.--No. I. The Crows scalped an Oglála boy alive.
No. II. Some Crows came to their camp and scalped a boy.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Crows-scalp-boy winter.”
1863-’64.--No. I. The Oglálas and Minneconjous took the war path
against the Crows and stole three hundred Crow horses. The Crows
followed them and killed eight of the party.
No. II. Eight Dakotas were killed by the Crows. Here eight long marks
represent the number killed.
White-Cow-Killer calls it
“Dakotas-and-Crows-have-a-big-fight-eight-Dakotas-killed winter.”
1864-’65.--No. I. Bird, a white trader, went to Powder River to trade
with the Cheyennes. They killed him and appropriated his goods.
No. II. Bird, a white trader, was burned to death by the Cheyennes. He
is surrounded by flames in the picture.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Big-Lips-died-suddenly winter.”
[Illustration:
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLIX
1865-’66.
1866-’67.
1867-’68.
1868-’69.
1869-’70.
1870-’71.
THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.]
1865-’66.--No. I. General Maynadier made peace with the Oglálas and
Brulés. His name, the sound of which resembles the words “many deer,”
is indicated by the two deers’ heads connected with his mouth by the
lines.
No. II. Many horses were lost by starvation, as the snow was so deep
they couldn’t get at the grass.
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