1790-’91.
1791-’92.
1792-’93.
THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.
1787-’88.—No. I. They went out in search of the Crows in order to avenge the death of Broken-Leg-Duck. They did not find any Crows, but, chancing on a Mandan village, captured it and killed all the people in it.
No. II. A year of famine. They lived on roots, which are represented in front of the tipi.
1788-’89.—No. I. Last-Badger, an Oglála, was killed by the Rees.
No. II. The winter was so cold that many crows froze to death.
White-Cow-Killer calls 1787-’88 “Many-black-crows-died winter.”
1789-’90.—No. I. The cold was so intense that crows froze in the air and dropped dead near the lodges.