Iroqouis paintings. How often been to war. Number of kills. New York 1849

Iroqouis paintings. How often been to war. Number of kills. New York 1849'The Portrait of a Savage on a board in their cabin on which they ordinarily paint how often he has been to war, how many men he has taken and killed a. These are the Punctures on his body; b. This is the way they mark when they have been to war, and when there is a bar extending from one mark to the other, it signifies that after having been in battle, he did not come back to his village and that he returned with other parties whom he met or formed;