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 THANSACTIONS OK TIIIC CANADIAN I NSTlTi; IK 
 
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 I'lCTURE-WkiriNc, oi" rill-: im.ackfI'J-.t. 
 
 H\ ki;v. J.Hl.N MA( l.l.AN, I'll. I). 
 
 [Rfiui I "til March, i8g4.\ 
 
 The nalivcs of the; American ('ontincnt jjixsltvimI their leiiiiuls and 
 traditions throiiL^h tiie ai;cnc\- of ircn who kept an accurate reinenil)r,ince 
 of them with impoii.'.nt liistorical e\ents b)- means of wampum records. 
 .A more i)crmanent form, however, was needed for the recordin;,^' of 
 e\ents and conve)'in;j^ tliem to others, which originated and de\clo])ed 
 the s_\-stem of |)icture-writin_u;. I'Achin^s madi- upon rocks and trees, 
 pictures painted on the lotI_L^es, hir-h bark and buffalo- roi)es retained the 
 knowledt^e of events for future generations. The t(ttem-post^ of the 
 Tshimpshcans and the _L;rave-])()sts of the Ojibways represent one kind 
 of picturc-w ritini.^ limited in its application and \et necessary for recortl- 
 iiiL; facts. I*" om the most primitive form of writmsj; has this sv'stcm 
 tle\eloped, in the roui^h outline cir full picture rudel}- drawn, through a 
 s\-mb()lic stage until the perfect stage of writing was produced. In the 
 ()jib\va\' pictography the .symbol for lightning" is a rattlesriake. Colonel 
 Maller\- in explaining this development sa)'s : — "It can be readily seen 
 liow a hawk with br'ght eye and loft\- Hight might be selected as a 
 svmbol of divinit}' and ro}'.dty, and that the crocodile should denote 
 darkness, while a slightl\- further step in metaph}-sical s\-mbolism made 
 the ostrich feather, from the equality of its fii ments, typical of truth." 
 In some of the pictographs the name of a man is made b\- making the 
 head of a man and then ])lacing th.e bird or animal which re])resents his 
 name over the crown of the head, as in designating Chief AVv/ Croii' 
 (Mikasto) a crow painted red is |)laced in position. yVnother method is 
 to place the animal which represents the name upon the ])ict(jgraph. 
 This is shown in the Selkirk Treaty, where the chiefs signed their names 
 1)\- drawing animals representing them, w hich were |)laced opposite the 
 tracts (jf land w hich the\' claimed. The ai)peiuled cop\- of the signatures 
 of the contracting parties to the Selkirk Treaty is taken (Voir. "The 
 Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba, the North-West 
 Territories and Keewatin." 
 
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 PirTI-IilvWIUT'Vf; OK IIIK IILACKKKKT. 
 
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 TKANSArTIONS Ol' 'llll'; CASAl'IAN I NSl'ITU'l'K. 
 
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 l\()ck-carviii,L;> ami rtchiii^s on Ikhic aixl ^iu'll arc iouiul, illusiralin.L^ 
 tlu.' inoilis of |)i(.turc-\\ritin;^f. As in the Iiuiian chant there is the 
 rc'pclititin 1)1' a siiiL;lc idea, so ill the iiativi' im:t(>i;ra])h\- thine is an e\- 
 pre-isioii ot a siii;_;k,' thoiiL^ht re|)re.senli'ii by ,t |)ict(ii4r,ii)li. The headless 
 hiuiy <il an Indian with a <4un or spear beside him rej)re>ents death, and 
 the means i)_\- whieli lie was slain. 'The foliowin^r jjieto^raph was found 
 by Sir (ie()ri;e Simpson upon a tree as he was tra\elliii;,; m die West: 
 
 'This was inseribed with a uiect' ot burnt wood, .md was iKjtIiiiiL; les.- 
 than a letter for the iiilormation of the part)-. The eoiitenls ol thi.- 
 
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 that I'.dw.ird 15eriaiid 
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 w.is awaitiii'j; the i)art\- with a 
 
 pictoLjraph we 
 
 band of twent_\'-se\en horses at the ])oint where the river ixeeixt'd 
 
 tributary before c.\[)an(lini; into two eonsecuti\ x- l,dse>. in a pieloL;rai)h 
 
 Indian with an empie hand ami fiUL^ers extended 
 th which to fii'ht. 
 
 d 
 
 escnbiii'' a b.ittle, an 
 
 meant that he had no weapons wi 
 
 hc' native tril.)es used this s\stem ol writiiiLi' exteiisivele for 
 
 tl 
 
 le 
 
 purpose of ornament, expression of relii;ious ideas, recordiii;..; of notable 
 
 cwciits, which mae he- the lustorx' ol 
 
 the t: 
 
 ibe lor hall a eentur\- as in the 
 
 Dakota Count, some single event in the lile of a siiv^le indixidual, or ;i 
 war p.irt)', >ir the .lutobio^raph}' of a man. Map-makiiiL; b\' the Ivskinio 
 and Indians was accurateh' done on birch bark and otlu-r substances. 
 
 .\ii (ndian can describe upon the i^round with a piece of 
 
 woo(|, a- 
 
 ha\e seen them do, the i;eo;^raphical leatures of the country and \ariou.- 
 
 route- 
 
 Concerning," the Ojibway pictoL;r;iph_\-, Schoolcralt sa_\'s :—" j-'or their 
 
 pictoi^raphu: de\ices the 
 
 North .Xmerican Indians ha\"e two leiin^ 
 
 namei\- 
 
 AV/', 
 
 'a'///, or such things as ,irr 'jeneralh' understood be the 
 
 tribe, and l\rkrri!i>:^'/ii, or leachines fjf the ii/rdds, or priests, and 
 
 /tissd- 
 
 tu'ii's or ])iophets. The knowledi;e tif t 
 
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 ix'li'';on, and ma\' be (k'cmed hier.Uii 
 
 itter IS chielK' coiiliiK-d tn 
 
 )crsons who are xersed in their s\'stcm ol maLJic medicine or tlu'ir 
 
 1 he former consists of the 
 common fi 'uratixt- si^ns, such .is are emplox'cd at places of sepulture, or 
 
 b\ lumtinL' or trawllni!'" uartK 
 
 It is ;il 
 
 so em|)lo_\-ed in the i}iii:.::.iHa 
 
 i/>/k: 
 
 or rock-writiiiL;s. Man\' ol the inL^iires are common to both, and are 
 seen ill the drawings "encralK' : Ijut it is to be understood that tiiis 
 
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 iMCTiui: witiTiMi oi' I'liK iti,\('Kir,i;r. 
 
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 results froip tlie fiLjuiv-alpIiahel lieiii^r |)rcciscl_\- the sanif in Ijotli, uliilc 
 tlic devices of the iuiL;,'.nu;ons, or medicine, wabiiio. hunting and war 
 soniL^s are Isiiown s<-lely to tlie initiatis w lio liavc learned llicni. and who 
 alw.iys pa)' hii.;li to tlie native i)rotcssors for this knowlech^e." Vhc 
 mytholoi;)- of the Indians was soim-linies r •prc-.cntiMl hy |)icto;_;iaphs. 
 When ,Mar(|uettc and his coni[)anions went down the Mississippi a ])icto- 
 <;rai)h was seen which t"iUcd the Indians with a\M', and they told him 
 that this rock-inscription represented a stor)-, which was "that a demon 
 haunted the ri\er at this place, whose roar could he heard at a L;reat dis- 
 tance, and who would enL;uirthcm in the al)y>s where he dwelt; that the 
 waters were full of h-i-^htful monsters who would dcwour them in their 
 eano!'." Rock insci'iptioiis are ahuiidint in the loc.ilitic lre(|uentcd !))■ 
 the Indian- scattered o\er the nortlu-rn part ol the continent. Man_\- ol 
 them, however, are in si-cluded places, and not easily discoxerc'd bv 
 tici\cll(:rs. 
 
 Bin hd)ark rolls arc used hy the Cree Indians, one of winch, lielon;.;in;4 
 to l.oms Constant, is ncall_\- illustrated in " I'hc Rainbow of the North," 
 with this exidauation ; "Some time since he put mto My. Ilnntci's 
 hamls the last relic of his former superstition. It is a roll uf birch-rind, 
 ;d) )Ut four tect lon^.^ and ncarl)- a foot broad, am! on the iimer surlace 
 are scratched with some pointed instrument \ai-ioUs hieio;.;raphic de\ ices, 
 intended to mark out the strai!.;ht road to lon;^ life and happiness. This 
 road is i^uarded on onesitleljx' tli^ures of the .- acred ;_;oose, and on theothcr 
 1)}- a correspondin;4 row of the heads and arms of s( me of their odier 
 deities, whii.' the supposed paths of the wickeil divernv. iroin the main 
 road and are lost. But the whole is so uncouth that it is only worthy of 
 attention as a proof of the extravagances into which the hum.m mind is 
 suffered to fall w Iumi it has deiiarted from the lixinsj- (iod. .And yet it 
 cannot rest satisfied witliout a !j,uide, real or self-created, l.om's Con- 
 stant told Mr. Hunter that he used to rc^^ard this roll with, the same 
 reverence he now felt for the Hible, but th.it, as nni;ht be e.\|)ected, it had 
 since his conversion been to him a source of shame and sorrow." In 
 various ]")laces in the Dominion pictoL;raphs have been discovered. 
 Sciioolcraft describes an elaborate inscription on the rocks on Cumiiu'.;- 
 ham's Island, ascribed to the Kries, a tribe now e.xtinct. Some ha\e 
 been found in the countr>- of the Micmacs in the eastern part of the 
 Dominion. About tweiit_\- miles from Port .Arthur and three and a half 
 miles from Rabbit Mountain Mine, l\-in'_j between it and Lak-e Superior, 
 is a small lake opening out of Lake C)li\er. Upon the rock>- walls of 
 one of the sliorcs of this small lake are coloured pictures of men, caiKK's. 
 paddles, crabs serpents aiifl other fi|jjures. There is the "Jesuits' 
 Cross" on a rock on the northern shore of Lake .Superior, between 
 
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 pictoLjrapIis so accurate!}' drawn that iiulians from 
 
 )ccn known t<> interpret tlicir iiicaiiin 
 
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 Cow Island, and about thirl>- miles south of Benton, there- are fij^ures of 
 Iodides, men ri.L;htiii^f and similar jjictures u[)on tiie face of the hi^^h cliffs, 
 and so (jreat is their elevation that the Indians say they are the works of 
 the spirits. When tlu; South I'lCL^an Indians visited these rocks, tlu'_\' 
 
 used them as models when tiiey returned home, drawiiii^ fis^nu'cs on robes 
 simil.ir to those they had seen, Ileiuy Shoecat, an intellii;cnt \-ouii;4 
 hulian who was actin^^ as interpreter for the Mounted l'(jlice, informed 
 me tlurin^ m\- residence amoni; the Hlood Indians that there are some 
 jiictured rocks which he had seen between Helena and Sun River, in 
 Montana, and others on the south side of Chief Mountain. Indians and 
 white men ha\'e told me rei)e,itedl)- of the wonderful writing stoit-s on 
 the Milk Ri\er, about fort\' miles from I,ethbritl_t;e, and near the West 
 Hutte, where the Mounted Police have a |)ost. These stones are covered 
 with fij^ures, some of whicii the Indians say were written b}- the spirits, 
 but the better interpretation ujiven b\' man\' of the Indians is that w.ir- 
 parties of the Bloods and BieL^ans passin;^ to and fro were in the habit of 
 urilin^r upon these rocks, statin^t,^ the number of men and horses there 
 were in the cam[)s (•>{ their eneinies. This is the opinion of Jerry I'otts, 
 the Piei^an chief ami Mounted Police _L,uiide anil interpreter. When 
 ilenr\' Shoecat was actinia as interpreter at the police po>t near the 
 u'ri////_i^ s/('//('s, the men stationed there were in the habit of writing; upon 
 these stones, thus minglijiL; the figures made by white men with the 
 native p'ctot^raphy. Not far distant from the li'riliiig stoiwSy and on Milk 
 River, are . ':veral ca\es which have i)een visited b)' Jerry Potts and others^ 
 in which there are stone couches and drawinL;s upon the walls. 
 
 The Blackfoot system of pictOL;raph\- was used by the Indians on the 
 outside of their lodges. l'"i^ures were painted in different colours which 
 were a record of the exploits of the master of the lodge. The scal[)- 
 locks were fastened above the picture-wriliii<,^ the latter passing" around, 
 the figures generall\- enclosed between two lines, numing evenl\' around 
 the lodge leaving a space from two to three feet wide for the pictograph.s. 
 The lodges of Medicine Calf Red Crow and Bull Shield were especially 
 noticeable in the early years. Some of the Indians could draw ]:)ictures 
 f)f animals upon paper very well. Hunting and war scenes on paper or 
 leather were also well e.\eci..ted. 
 
 One of my Blood Indian young men drew for me u[Jon two sheets of 
 foolscap, two specimens of the native pictography, which are here shown 
 (Plates I., II.). 
 
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 A short time a;^>) I procured for ;i friciul in I'.iiLjl.iiul tlic lii<ie of a 
 steer havin^j the aiitol)i();^ra|)ii\' of one of the Ulackfeet upon it. '1 his is 
 the Life of Many Shots, which is here [jroduced with the translation of 
 this native autobio^raph)-. 
 
 I. 'I'here are two Iodides and two carts at the placi' where Man>- Siiots 
 witli a lar;_;e part)' if warriors, who are folluwitiL; the fo()t-ni.irk> ol tlieir 
 horses which ha\i' l)et'n stolen. The)- overtake llu-ir enemies, and Manx- 
 Shots kills the last man. In front of the man at A, holdin^^ his <^un in 
 the act of shooting, will be seen small ilots which n-present tlie bulk-f^ 
 fi^'in^'. I'rom the lodt^a's at B following down b\' A will be seen small 
 strokes which can be di>lin;4ui-hed froui the footprints of the horses; 
 these rei)res mU the number of jomiiess undertaken bv M<viv S/n'ts. 
 
 J. The wile of Man\' Shots ha.s been out ridin;^ and has caught si;^du 
 of an antelope, which she kills with an axe. She continues lier journe)' 
 and with the same weapon kills a bear. 
 
 3. There are si.x l<id!4es of the Cree Indians, which do not n)ean 
 actually that number, but a larp;e camp. The Hlackfeet steal the horses 
 of the Crees, who follow tlicm to recoxer their lujrses. 
 
 4. The Hlackfeet make a rifle-pit where the_\- come to a stand and 
 flight. Within the pit the\- have a medicine-man with them, who can be 
 distinLjuished b\- the medicine-jjipe which he is smokinl,^ The L;uns 
 around the pit si<,niif\- that tliere is a threat number of Indians. In the 
 fJLjht there are three Crees and' one l^lackfoot killed. These are seen 
 iyini,r inside the ritlc-pit. 
 
 5. There are four lodL;es. The Cree Indians stole the horses of the 
 Blackfeet, wlio went in |)ursuit of them. 
 
 6. As they j()in-ne\ed the Hlackfeet killed an antelope. Many Shots 
 met an Indian and stabbed him. 
 
 7. The lilackfeet still followed the Crees, and came to a place where 
 five Indians had killed a buffalo. 
 
 <S. The\' overtook the five Indians and kiUetl one with an axe, four of 
 the Cree Indians escapin;^. 
 
 9. A larL^e circle of lodges, in which there was a t:;reat battle. 
 
 10. Ik-side this circle of Ujdi^^es is a buffalo-pound, having two walls 
 made upon the prairie, marking tlie path b\- wliich the buffalo were 
 driven into the pound. Within the pound are two buffalo, and on the 
 outside are Indians shooting at them. Tiiis is to show the method 
 Many Shots used in killing buffalo. 
 
 
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 TliANSACTInSS ol' I'lir. CANADIW INSI II ITIv 
 
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 II, I his circle rc|)rcsciit-> n l.iki.', iiiid within lln' circle is .in elk, whuli 
 is M,ui\ .Slidl^' iiietliiid and is acconlin;.' to llie UlaclxinDt tu^tnin "( 
 
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 iree .Sidiix Indians an' m-cii lonrrniitiii'. 
 
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 inv .sliDt^, wIm i> I'll 
 
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 I'lii'V shot and kilU'd the in.ni in lidiil <i\ the liDi^e 
 
 two reinaiiiiii'' coiiiiiaiiions dI 
 
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 uiv .shuts ran a\\a\', rei)ie>ented 
 
 two men on fool runniiiu a\\a\' lidin the hoi' 
 
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 LIU' .Miots lireil at lh( 
 
 ly the 
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 .Sioiix Indians and killi'd the one laithe^^t hoin him, as is 
 man lioldin'^ up his ,L;nn, and the hlooil llowm^ from iindi' 
 
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 s I'.nne ni)on l\\ 1 1 1 ndians li''htm'. 
 
 le lired and hn ike 
 
 the Icl; (i| One of the men, as can hc' sicii iVoni the hlood llowiii;^- from 
 his lei;. I'nder this m ins arm cm he M'en a how and arrow which he 
 took from the man. .Al'.er he hroke the le;^ of his eiieni}' he r.iii 
 towards him ami killed him. IV-hiiid tlu' horse o|" .Man)- .Shots can lie 
 set'ii a how and seven L;inis, which reiircsenl tlu' mimhi-r whit;h lie took 
 ill the haltle.s in which he was eni;aL;ed. 
 
 I.|. The thiileeii strokes in thi' middle of the rohi' represent the 
 thirteen hattles in whi^ !i ^I,m\- .Shots was (_'n;4a;_;(Ml dnrin;_; his life. 
 
 This is ihe'ln'story of the excnts of the lifi' of M,in\- .Shots, as painted 
 hy himsilf in \arious colours upon a hide neatly laiineil, in iii)' pos-,es- 
 sioii, and tlu' style of picto^r.iphy fille illustrates the system in um; 
 amon;^ the Hlackfeet. Man\' Shots is the hero of i'\ery adventure, and 
 till' whole constitutes a native hook- on K-adier worthv of pi-eservatioii. 
 
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