White-Cow-Killer calls it “A-medicine-man-made-buffalo-medicine winter.”
1856-’57.—No. I. They received annuities at Raw-Hide Butte. The house and the blanket represent the agency and the goods.
No. II. They have an abundance of buffalo meat. This is shown by the full drying pole.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “White-hill-house winter.”
1857-’58.—No. I. Little-Gay, a white trader, was killed by the explosion of a can of gunpowder. He was measuring out powder from the can in his wagon while smoking his pipe.
No. II. They surrounded and killed ten Crows.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Bull-hunting winter.”
1858-’59.—No. I. They made peace with the Pawnees. The one on the left is a Pawnee.
No. II. They bought Mexican blankets of John Richard, who bought many wagon-loads of the Mexicans.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Yellow-blanket-killed winter.”