1815-’16.--No. I. The figure is intended to represent a white man’s house.
No. II. Some of the Dakotas built a large house and lived in it during the winter.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Made-a-house winter.”
1816-’17.--No. I. They made peace with the Crows at Pine Bluff. The arrow shows they had been at war.
No. II. They lived in the same house that they did last winter.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Made-a-house winter.”
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLI
1817-’18.--No. I. The Oglálas had an abundance of buffalo meat and shared it with the Brulés, who were short of food. The buffalo hide hung on the drying pole, with the buffalo head above it, indicates an abundance of meat.
No. II. The-Brave-Man was killed in a great fight. The fight is shown by the arrows flying to and from him. Having been killed by an enemy, he is scalped.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Plenty-of-meat winter.”
1818-’19.--No. I. A large house was built.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Little-small-pox winter.”
1819-’20.--No. I. Another house was built. The Dakotas made medicine in it.
No. II. In an engagement with the Crows, both sides expended all of their arrows, and then threw dirt at each other. A Crow is represented on the right, and is distinguished by the manner in which the hair is worn.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Made-a-house-of-old-wood winter.”
1820-’21.--No. I. The Dakotas assaulted and took a Crow village of a hundred lodges. They killed many and took many prisoners.
No. II. A Dakota, named Glue, froze to death.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Two-arrows-made-a-war-bonnet winter.”
1821-’22.--No. I. They had all the _mini wakan_ (spirit water or whisky) they could drink. They never had any before. A barrel with a waved or spiral line running from it represents the whisky, the waved line signifying spirit.
No. II. A large roaring star fell. It came from the east, and shot out sparks of fire along its course. Its track and the sparks are shown in the figure. See also page 111.
White-Cow-Killer says, “One-star-made-a-great-noise winter.”
Battiste Good, alias Wa-po-ctan-qi (Brown-Hat), historian and chief, designated this year as that of his birth. Omaha bullets were whizzing through the village and striking and piercing his mother’s lodge as she brought him forth. Red-Cloud also was born.