1816-’17.
THE CORBUSIER WINTER COUNTS.
1811-’12.—No. I. They caught many wild horses south of the Platte River.
No. II. They had very little buffalo meat, as the empty drying pole indicates, but plenty of ducks in the fall.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Catching-wild-horses winter.”
1812-’13.—No. I. Big-Waist’s father killed.
No. II. Big-Owl killed.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Big-Belly’s-father-killed winter.”
1813-’14.—No. I. Many had the whooping-cough. The cough is represented by the lines issuing from the man’s mouth.
No. II. Food was very scarce and they had to live on acorns. The tree is intended for an oak and the marks beneath it for acorns.