| PLATES |
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| 1. Drying buffalo meat. Griset | [Frontispiece.] |
| 2. "A buffalo hunt on the southwestern prairies." Stanley | [4] |
| 3. "Buffalo hunt." Wimar | [4] |
| 4. "Buffalo hunting on the frozen snow." Rindisbacher | [4] |
| 5. a, "A buffalo pound." Kane. b, Scene in a Sioux village, about 1870 | [4] |
| 6. a, Camp of "Sautaux Indians on the Red River." b, Ojibway wigwam |
| at Leech Lake, Minnesota | [10] |
| 7. a, "Encampment among the islands of Lake Huron." Kane. b, Ojibway |
| camp on bank of Red River | [10] |
| 8. a, Ojibway camp west of Red River. b, Ojibway camp on bank of |
| Red River | [12] |
| 9. Ojibway habitations. a, Wigwams covered with elm bark. b, Wigwams |
| covered with birch bark | [12] |
| 10. a, Ojibway birch bark canoe. b, Ojibway Indians with birch bark |
| canoes | [16] |
| 11. a, Trader's store near Cass Lake. b, Outside an elm bark covered |
| structure | [16] |
| 12. Objects of Ojibway make. a, Hammer, bag, and two skin-dressing |
| tools. b, Section of a rush mat | [16] |
| 13. a, Ojibway mortar and pestle. b, Delaware mortar and pestle. c, |
| Ojibway birch bark dish | [16] |
| 14. Cheyenne family | [24] |
| 15. Piegan camp. Bodmer | [24] |
| 16. a, Blackfoot camp. Kane. b, Arapaho village | [34] |
| 17. Atsina camp. Bodmer | [34] |
| 18. Sauk and Fox habitations. a, Frames of structures. b, Mat-covered |
| lodges | [38] |
| 19. Sauk and Fox habitation covered with elm bark | [38] |
| 20. a, Northwest shore of Mille Lac, 1900. b, The Sacred Island in Mille |
| Lac | [46] |
| 21. "Kaposia, June 19th, 1851." Mayer | [46] |
| 22. a, "Dakotah village." Eastman. b, "Dakotah encampment." Eastman | [50] |
| 23. a, Council at the mouth of the Teton. Catlin. b, Fort Pierre, July 4, |
| 1851. Kurz | [50] |
| 24. a, b, Near Fort Laramie, 1868. c, "A skin lodge of an Assiniboin |
| chief." Bodmer | [76] |
| 25. a, Assiniboin lodges formed of pine boughs. Kane. b, "Horse camp |
| of the Assiniboins, March 21, 1852." Kurz | [76] |
| 26. a, Tipi of an Omaha chief. b, Page of Kurz's sketchbook | [76] |
| 27. "The village of the Omahas." 1871 | [76] |
| 28. a, Page of Kurz's sketchbook, showing Omaha village. b, Page of |
| Kurz's sketchbook, showing interior of an Omaha lodge | [80] |
| 29. "Punka Indians encamped on the banks of the Missouri." Bodmer | [80] |
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| 30. a, Kansa village, 1841. Lehman. b, Dog dance within a Kansa lodge, |
| 1819. Seymour | [96] |
| 31. Kansa habitation | [96] |
| 32. a, Frame of an Osage habitation. b, An Iowa structure | [102] |
| 33. "Oto encampment, near the Platte, 1819." Seymour | [102] |
| 34. a, Oto pemmican maul. b, Heavy stone maul. c, Mandan implement |
| for dressing hides | [120] |
| 35. a, Oto dugout canoe, from Kurz's sketchbook. b, Hidatsa bull-boat |
| and paddle | [120] |
| 36. Winnebago habitations, about 1870. a, Structure with arbor. b, Showing |
| entrance on side | [120] |
| 37. Winnebago structures | [120] |
| 38. a, Interior of a Mandan lodge. Catlin. b, Scene in a Mandan village. |
| Catlin | [132] |
| 39. "Mih-tutta-hangkusch," a Mandan village. Bodmer | [132] |
| 40. Interior of a Mandan lodge. Bodmer | [136] |
| 41. a, c, Mandan wooden bowls. b, Mandan earthenware jar | [136] |
| 42. a, Buffalo horn spoon. b, Spoon made of horn of mountain sheep. |
| Mandan | [136] |
| 43. "Miniatarree village." Catlin | [136] |
| 44. "Winter village of the Minatarres." a, Original pencil sketch. b, |
| Finished picture of same. Bodmer | [142] |
| 45. From Kurz's sketchbook. a, Use of a carrying basket. b, The ring-and-pole game. c, Hidatsa with bull-boats | [142] |
| 46. Crow tipis. a, "Crow lodge." Catlin. b, Camp at the old agency, |
| 1871 | [152] |
| 47. A camp in a cottonwood grove | [152] |
| 48. Trader crossing the prairies. Page of Kurz's sketchbook | [162] |
| 49. Pawnee village, 1871 | [162] |
| 50. Pawnee earth lodges, 1871 | [162] |
| 51. In a Pawnee village, 1871. a, Children at lodge entrance. b, Showing |
| screen near same entrance | [162] |
| 52. a, Arikara carrying basket. b, Wichita mortar | [168] |
| 53. "Riccaree village." Catlin | [168] |
| 54. a, Arikara rake. b, Arikara hoe. c, Crow parfleche box | [178] |
| 55. Wichita habitations. a, Near Anadarko. b, Lodge standing about |
| 1880 | [178] |