Fig. 942.—Bear-comes-out.
Fig. 942.—Bear-comes-out. Red-Cloud’s Census. Here the bear is supposed to come into sight through a hole in the tipi.
Fig. 943.—Bear-comes-out.
Fig. 943.—Bear-comes-out. Red-Cloud’s Census. This figure is explained by the one preceding. Only half of the bear—the fore part—is to be seen as if emerging through some orifice. Heads and other parts of animals are frequently portrayed as signifying the whole, by synechdoche, but in this case the presentation of the head and forequarters has special significance.
Fig. 944.
Fig. 944.—Taken from Copway, p. 136, is the character which is employed to represent “see.”