White-Cow-Killer calls it “Six-Rees-killed winter.”
1814-’15.—No. I. The Dakotas went to a Kaiowa village, about 6 miles from Scott’s Bluff, and near the mouth of Horse Creek, to treat for peace; but their intentions were frustrated by one of their number, who drove his hatchet into a Kaiowa’s head.
No. II. They made peace with the Pawnees. The man with the blue forehead is a Pawnee, the other is a Dakota, whose body is smeared with clay. The four arrows show that they had been at war, and the clasped hands denote peace.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Kaiowa-hit-on-head-with-axe winter.”
Young-Man’s-Horses-Afraid, i. e., whose horses are afraid, was born this year. He is now called “Old-Man-afraid-of-his-Horses” by the whites, and his son, the present chief of the Oglálas, is known as “Young-Man-afraid-of-his-Horses.” [The present writer has heard another interpretation about “afraid-of-his-horses,” i. e., that the man valued his horses so much that he was afraid of losing them. The present representative of the name, however, stated to the writer that the true meaning was “The-young-man-whose-horses-they-fear.”]
1815-’16.—No. I. The figure is intended to represent a white man’s house.
No. II. Some of the Dakotas built a large house and lived in it during the winter.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Made-a-house winter.”
1816-’17.—No. I. They made peace with the Crows at Pine Bluff. The arrow shows they had been at war.