White-Cow-Killer says, “The-Good-White-Man-came winter.”
1800-’01.—No. I. Nine white men came to trade with them. The covered head with short hair stands for a white man and also intimates that the eight dots over it are for white men. According to this count the first whites came in 1794-’95.
No. II. The Good-White-Man came. He was the first white man to trade and live with the Dakotas.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Don’t-Eat-Heart-makes-a-god-house winter.”
1801-’02.—No. I. The Oglálas, Brulés, Minneconjous, Sans Arcs, and Cheyennes united in an expedition against the Crows. They surprised and captured a village of thirty lodges, killed all the men, and took the women and children prisoners. The three tipis stand for thirty; the red spots are for blood.
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.”