All the winter counts refer to this expedition.
No. III. United States troops fought Ree Indians.
Battiste Good says: “General-——-first-appeared-and-the-Dakotas-aided-him-in-an-attack-on-the-Rees winter,” also “Much-corn winter.” For his character see Figure 69, page [166]. The gun and the arrow in contact with the ear of corn show that both whites and Indians fought the Rees.
White-Cow-Killer calls it “Old-corn-plenty winter.”
Mato Sapa’s chart gives the human figure with a military cap, beard, and goatee.
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XVII
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1825-’26.