Included are nearly 1,300 pictures and 54 plates illustrating the material which Col. Mallery narrates.  Examples include: knotted cords, notched or marked sticks and wampum; mnemonic pictures for remembering songs, traditions, treaties, and accounts; the calendars (winter counts) of Lone-Dog and Battiste Good; maps, notices of visits, condition and warning; tribal designations, clan designations, tattoo  marks (especially from the Haida); designations of authority, property, and personal names; religious symbols of the supernatural and of mythic animals; symbols used on charms and amulets, in religious ceremonies and in the burial of the dead; pictographs of cult associations, of daily events, and of games; historic records such as the Indian account of the Battle of the Little Big Horn; records of migration, hunts, and notable events; biographic records; significance of colors; picture-writing as it became conventionalized; and much more.  There are also sections on interpretation of pictographs and on the detection of frauds, and comparative material from other cultures.

Companion Volume I