Figure 133. Killed five Arikara in one day in 1863. The dotted line indicates the trail which Running-Antelope followed, and when the Indians discovered that they were pursued, they took shelter in an isolated copse of shrubbery, where they were killed at leisure. The five guns within the inclosure represent the five persons armed. [Illustration: FIG. 133.--Killed five Arikara.] Figure 134. An Arikara killed in 1865. [Illustration: FIG. 134.--Killed an Arikara.] The Arikara are delineated in the above, in nearly all instances, wearing the top-knot of hair, a custom similar to that practiced by the Absaroka, though as the latter were the most inveterate enemies of the Sioux, and as the word Palláni for Arikara is applied to all enemies, the Crow custom may have been depicted as a generic mark. The practice of painting the forehead red, also an Absaroka custom, serves to distinguish the pictures as individuals of one of the two tribes. PARTICULAR EXPLOITS AND EVENTS. A record on ivory shown as Figure 135, was obtained by Dr. W. J. Hoffman in San Francisco, California, in 1882, and was interpreted to him by an Alaskan native. The story represents the success of a hunt; the animals desired are shown, as well as those which were secured. [Illustration: FIG. 135.--Record of hunt. Alaska.] The following is the explanation of the characters: 1, 2. Deer. 3. Porcupine. 4. Winter, or permanent, habitation. The cross-piece resting upon two vertical poles constitutes the rack, used for drying fish. 5. One of the natives occupying the same lodge with the recorder. 6. The hunter whose exploits are narrated. 7, 8, 9. Beavers. 10-14. Martens. 15. A weasel, according to the interpretation, although there are no specific characters to identify it as different from the preceding. 16. Land otter. 17. A bear. 18. A fox. 19. A walrus. 20. A seal. 21. A wolf. By reference to the illustration it will be observed that all the animals secured are turned toward the house of the speaker, while the heads of those animals desired, but not captured, are turned away from it. The following is the text in the Kiatexamut dialect of the Innuit language as dictated by the Alaskan, with his own literal translation into English: Huí-nu-ná-ga huí-pu-qtú-a pi-cú-qu-lú-a mus´-qu-lí-qnut. Pa-mú-qtu-līt´ I, (from) my place. I went hunting (for) skins. martens (settlement.) (animals) ta-qí-mĕn, a-mí-da-duk´ a-xla-luk´, á-qui-á-muk pi-qú-a a-xla-luk´; five, weasel one, land otter caught one; ku-qú-lu-hú-nu-mŭk´ wolf a-xla-luk´, tun´-du-muk tú-gu-qlí-u-gú me-lú-ga-nuk´, pé-luk one, deer (I) killed two, beaver pi-naí-u-nuk, nú-nuk pit´-qu-ní, ma-klak-muk´ pit´-qu-ní, a-cí-a-na-muk three, porcupine (I) caught none, seal (I) caught none, walrus