Major Bush’s copy also shows a clearly drawn figure of a bow, strung.
1816-’17.—No. I. Buffalo very plenty.
No. II. “Buffalo belly was plenty.” The device rudely portrays a side or perhaps hide of buffalo.
No. III. Dakotas had unusual quantities of buffalo.
1817-’18.—No. I. Trading store built at Fort Pierre.
No. II. La Framboise, a Canadian, built a trading store with dry timber. The dryness is shown by the dead tree. La Framboise was an old trader among the Dakotas. He once established himself in the Minnesota Valley. His name is mentioned by various travelers.
No. III. Trading post built on the Missouri River 10 miles above Fort Thompson.
Battiste Good says: “Chozé-built-a-house-of-dead-logs winter.”
Mato Sapa says: A trading house was built on the Missouri River 10 miles above Fort Thompson.
Major Bush says the same as last, but that it was built by Louis La Conte.