Fig. 875.—Smallpox. Mexican.
Kingsborough (e) explains Fig. 875 by these words in the text: “In the year of Seven Rabbits, or in 1538, many of the people died of the smallpox.” This may be compared with the two preceding figures.
Fig. 876.—Died of cramps.
Fig. 876.—Many died of the cramps. American-Horse’s Winter Count, 1849-’50. The cramps were those of Asiatic cholera, which was epidemic in the United States at that time, and was carried to the plains by the California and Oregon emigrants. The position of the man is very suggestive of cholera.
Fig. 877.—Died in childbirth.
Fig. 877.—Many women died in childbirth. Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 1798-’99.