130. Mah-táhp-ta-a, He who rushes through the Middle; a brave, son of the former Chief, called “the Four Men.” Necklace of bears’ claws.
131. Máh-to-tóh-pa, the Four Bears; in undress, being in mourning, with a few locks of his hair cut off. His hair put up in plaits or slabs, with glue and red paint, a custom of the tribe.
The scars on his breast, arms, and legs, show that he has several times in his life submitted to the propitiatory tortures represented in four paintings, Nos. 505, 506, 507, 508.
132. Seehk-hée-da, the Mouse-coloured Feather, or “White Eyebrows;” a very noted brave, with a beautiful pipe in his hand; his hair quite yellow.
This man was killed by the Sioux, and scalped, two years after I painted his portrait: his scalp lies on the table, No. 10.
133. Mi-néek-ee-súnk-te-ka, the Mink; a beautiful Mandan girl, in mountain-sheep skin dress, ornamented with porcupine-quills, beads, and elk’s teeth.
134. Sha-kó-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 mane.
135. [U']n-ka-hah-hón-shee-kow, the Long Finger-nails; a brave.
136. Máh-ta[h']p-ta-hah, the One who rushes through the Middle.