Pl. XXII B, 1211-1280. At one time during this period a war party of enemies concealed themselves among a herd of buffalo, which the Dakotas surrounded and killed before they discovered the enemy. No one knows what people, or how many they were; but the Dakotas killed them all. The red and black lodges indicate war, and that the Dakotas were successful.
The pages of the copy which embrace the period from 1281 to 1420 are omitted as valueless.
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY TENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXIII
BATTISTE GOOD’S CYCLES.
A 1421-1490. B 1631-1700.
Pl. XXIII A, 1421-1490. “Found horses among the buffalo again and caught six.” Five of the horses are represented by the hoof prints. The lasso or possibly the lariat is shown in use. The bundle of sticks is now in the recorder’s hands.
Battiste’s pages which embrace the period from 1491 to 1630 are omitted for the same reason as before offered.
Pl. XXIII B, 1631-1700. This represents the first killing of buffalo on horseback. It was done in the year 1700, inside the circle of lodges pitched around the herd, by a man who was tied on a horse with thongs and who received the name of Hunts-inside-the-lodges. They had but one horse then, and they kept him a long time. Again the bundle of count-sticks is in the recorder’s hands.