Battiste Good’s record gives the following for the same year:
“Brought-home-the-magic-arrow winter. This arrow originally belonged to the Cheyennes, from whom the Pawnees stole it. The Dakotas captured it this winter from the Pawnees, and the Cheyennes then redeemed it for one hundred horses.” His sign for the year is somewhat different, as shown in Figure 46. As before mentioned, an attempt is made to distinguish colors by the heraldic scheme, which in this instance may require explanation. The upper part of the body is sable or black, the feathers on the arrow are azure or blue, and the shaft, gules or red. The remainder of the figure is of an undecided color not requiring specification.
Fig. 46.—Magic arrow.
1844-’45.—No. I. Male-Crow, an Oglála, was killed by the Shoshoni.
No. II. Crazy-Horse says his prayers and goes on the war path. The waved lines are used again for crazy.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “White-Buffalo-Bull-killed by-the-Crows winter.”
1845-’46.—No. I. White-Bull and thirty other Oglálas were killed by the Crows and Shoshoni.
No. II. White-Bull and many others were killed in a fight with the Shoshoni.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Many-sick winter.”