Káma-Kapúska! Making Marks in Indian Country, 1833–34Main MenuScholarly ArticleWied-Neuwied’s Journal PagesA Sample ExhibitionNumak'aki Persons and ThemesProject NarrativeSourcesKristine K. Ronan866e3f0d78e6d37c93d7b8ddc8a882dd7a5e8029
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12019-10-19T10:36:19+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b41plain2019-10-19T10:36:19+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b“Red White Buffalo was leader of a war party that captured horses shown thus.”
The missing hoof marks indicate that the party was only partially successful, with only a few horses captured.
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12019-10-19T10:36:11+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5bCounting coup marks owned and drawn by Red White Buffalo (Numak'aki) in 1884, explained by Beaver (Numak'aki) and Butterfly (Minitari) and copied by Gilbert L. Wilson in 1909.1Fig. 9, Counting coup marks owned and drawn by Red White Buffalo (Numak'aki) in 1884, explained by Beaver (Numak'aki) and Butterfly (Minitari) and copied by Gilbert L. Wilson in 1909. From volume 8 (1909) of the Hidatsa-Mandan Reports, Gilbert L. and Frederick N. Wilson Papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Notes in the public domain; image courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.ronan/MHS_1_Vol 8_page_132+A.jpgplain2019-10-19T10:36:11+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b