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.”
1804-’05.--No. I. An Indian woman who had been unfaithful to a white man to whom she was married was killed by an Indian named Ponka. The symbol for Ponka indicates the name.
No. II. The Omahas came and made peace to get their people, whom the Dakotas held as prisoners.
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXIX
1805-’06.--No. I. The Dakotas had a council with the whites on the Missouri River, below the Cheyenne Agency, near the mouth of Bad Creek (the Lewis and Clarke Expedition?). They had many flags, which the Good-White-Man gave them with their guns, and they erected them on poles to show their friendly feelings. The curved line is to represent the council lodge, which they made by opening several tipis and uniting them at their sides to form a semicircle. The marks are for the people. American-Horse’s father was born this year.
No. II. Nine white men came to trade. The three covered heads represent the white men.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Eight-Dakotas-killed winter.”
1806-’07.--No. I. Black-Rock, a Dakota, was killed by the Crows. A rock is represented above his head. He was killed with a bow and arrow and was scalped.
No. II. The Dakotas killed an Omaha in the night.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Killed-while-hunting-eagles winter.”
1807-’08.--No. I. Broken-Leg was killed by the Pawnees. His leg had been broken by a bullet in a previous fight with the Pawnees.
No. II. Many people camped together and had many flags flying.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Red-shirt-killed Winter.”