[29] This viewing of the nude human figure without a feeling of a sense of indecency is confirmed by the Swiss artist, Frederick Kurz, in his Journal, already cited in the preface.
[30] There is some tautology in treating the foregoing subject of death and its incidents, but it could not be helped without omitting some portions of the subject.
[31] Found only along White Earth River.
[32] Literally, the other kind of dog.
[33] We have only witnessed one season in 21 years where they were driven to this necessity.
[34] This appears to be a word adopted from the Cree or Chippewa language. It means anything to lie on, as a bed.
[35] Ioquois appears to be a loan word.
[36] This is the term explained in footnote 12, p. 436.
[37] Denig seems to refer here to grammatic analyses rather than to the mere learning of languages.
[38] The song for the dead contains a few words suitable to the occasion.