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Bear Dance, Sioux (of the Upper Missouri and Upper Mississippi rivers) - preparing for a bear-hunt - song to the Great Spirit, praying for success.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Sha-ko-ka, Mint. A very pretty and modest girl, twelve years of age, with grey hair peculiar to the Mandans. This unaccountable peculiarity belongs to the Mandans alone, and about one in twelve of both sexes and of all ages, have the hair of a bright silvery grey, and exceedingly coarse and harsh, somewhat like a horse's man.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Wah-chee-te; woman and child, wife of Cler-mont' (George Catlin), 1832

'Foot War Party in Council, Mandan (farmers of the Upper Missouri River), 1832

'Buffalo hunt under the wolf-skin mask.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Tchon-su-mons-ka', the Sand Bar; woman of the Teton band, with a beautiful head of hair; her dress almost literally covered with brass buttons, which are highly valued by the women, to adorn their dresses.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Religious ceremony; a Sioux, with splints through his flesh, and his body hanging to a pole, with his medicine-bag in his hand, looks at the sun from its rising to its setting. A voluntary cruel self-torture, which entitles him to great respect for the remainder of his life, as a medicine or mystery man.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Ee-ah-sa-pa, the Black Rock; Chief of the Nee-caw-wee-gee band (Sioux Hunters of the Upper Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers); a very distinguished chief, in a beautiful dress, full length, head-dress of eagle's quills and ermine, and horns of the buffalo; lance in his hand, and battles of his life emblazoned on his robe.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Cler-mont, first Chief of the tribe (of Osage Farmers of the Southern Plains); with his war-club in his hand, and his leggings fringed with scalp-locks taken from his enemies' heads'. (George Catlin), 1832

'Mah-to-he-ha', the Old Bear; a very distinguished brave; but here represented in the character of a Medicine Man or Doctor, with his medicine or mystery pipes in his hands, and foxes' tails tied to his heels, prepared to make his last visits to his patient, to cure him, if possible, by hocus pocus and magic.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Ha-won-je-tah, the One Horn; first chief of the tribe; Mee-ne-cow-e-gee band, Upper Missouri (Sioux); hair tied on his head in the form of a turban, and filled with glue and red earth or vermillion.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Mah-to-toh-pa', the Four Bears, second chief (of the Mandan of the Upper Missouri River), but the favourite and popular ,am of the nation; costume splendid, head-dress of war-eagles' quills and ermine, extending quite to the ground, surmounted by the horns of the buffalo and skin of the magpie.' (George Catlin), 1832

'View on the St Peter's (Minnesota) River - Sioux Indians pursuing a stag in their canoes.' (George Catlin, 1832

'View on the Upper Missouri - Fort Pierre, Mouth of Teton River - Fur Company's trading-post, 1200 miles above St Louis, with 600 lodges of Sioux Indians encamped about it in skin lodges.' (George Catlin), 1832

'Camanchee village, in Texas, showing a spur of the Rocky Mountains in the distance - lodges made of buffalo skins. Women dressing robes and drying meat.' (George Catlin), 1832

' View on the Upper Missouri-River Bluffs, 1320 miles above St. Louis." ( George Catlin), 1832

'Ball-play of the women, Prairie du Chien - Calicoes and other presents are placed on a pole by the men - the women choose sides and play for them, to the great amusement of the men. In this play there are two balls attached to the ends of a string eighteen inches in length; the women have a stick in each hand, on which they catch the string and throw it.' (George Catlin), 1832.

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