A History of ancient symbols : By Eve Warren This summer I have
been researching ancient symbols and semiotics for a university
brief. This symbol is my interpretation of the Native American
symbol for death. Death is conveyed with different signs and
symbols. The white settlers and traders brought diseases such as
typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, measles, whooping
cough and influenza to the Native American Indians. Their
population fell from 80 million to under 1 million in less than
500 years. The symbols on this page represent the death of a man
and a woman. Any Native American symbols that were portrayed
upside down signified that they had been killed. 8 months ago