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On the upper portion of the tipi, you will see a series of painted red circles with spokes. This scene records when Big Eyes was travelling with his family and was attacked by a group of Lakota warriors. The red circles represent wagon wheels, and the interconnected lines is the frame of Big Eyes’s wagons. Below the wagon, there are two rows of figures. These are attacking Lakota. The dashes represent flying bullets. Above the wagon drawing, you can see figures inside of an enclosure, we can assume that this is where the family had taken shelter. Big Eyes is shown on the left, upside down, holding a rifle. If we follow his drawn dotted path, he moved from the enclosure to the near wagon. Then he moved farther up and is standing near another figure. That figure is a Lakota Chief wearing a headdress that holds a shield. Big Eyes engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the chief.