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.”
1808-’09.—No. I. Little-Beaver’s trading house was burned down.
No. II. A Brulé was found dead under a tree which had fallen on him.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Blue-Blanket’s-father-dead winter.”
1809-’10.—No. I. Black-Rock was killed by the Crows. His brother, whose name he had taken, was killed by the Crows three years before.
No. II. Little-Beaver’s house was burned.
White-Cow-Killer says, “Little-Beaver’s (the white man) house-burned-down winter.”