Mah-to-toh-pa, (the Four Bears)—His costume and his portrait, [p. 145], [pl. 64].—The robe of Mah-to-toh-pa, with all the battles of his life painted on it, [p. 148], [pl. 65].
[LETTER—No. 22, Mandan Village.]
Mandan religious ceremonies—Mandan religious creed, [p. 156].—Three objects of the ceremony, [p. 157].—Place of holding the ceremony—Big canoe—Season of commencing—and manner, [p. 158].—Opening the medicine lodge—Sacrifices to the water, [p. 159].—Fasting scene for four days and nights, [p. 161], [pl. 66].—Bei-lohck-nah-pick, (the bull dance), [p. 164], [pl. 67].—Pohk-hong (the cutting or torturing scene), [p. 169], [pl. 68].—Ah-ke-nah-ka-nah-pick, (the last race) [p. 173], [pl. 69].—Extraordinary instances of cruelty in self-torture, [p. 175].—Sacrificing to the water, [p. 176].—Certificates of the Mandan ceremonies—Inferences drawn from these horrible cruelties, with traditions, [p. 177].—Tradition of O-kee-hee-de (the Evil Spirit), [p. 179].—Mandans can be civilized, [p. 183].
[LETTER—No. 23, Minataree Village.]
Location and numbers—Origin, [p. 185].—Principal village, [pl. 70].—Vapour baths, [pl. 71].—Old chief, Black Moccasin, [p. 186], [pl. 72].—Two portraits, man and woman, pls. [73], [74].—Green corn dance, [p. 189], [pl. 75].
[LETTER—No. 24, Minataree Village.]
Crows, in the Minataree village, [p. 191].—Crow chief on horseback, in full dress, [p. 192], [pl. 76].—Peculiarities of the Crows—Long hair—Semi-lunar faces, [p. 193], pls. [77], [78].—Rats in the Minataree village, [p. 195].—Crossing Knife River in “bull boat”—Swimming of Minataree girls, [p. 196].—Horse-racing—A banter—Riding a “naked horse,” [p. 197].—Grand buffalo surround, [p. 199], [pl. 79].—Cutting up and carrying in meat, [p. 201].
[LETTER—No. 25, Little Mandan Village, Upper Missouri.]
An Indian offering himself for a pillow, [p. 203].—Portraits of Riccarees, [p. 204], pls. [83], [84], [82], [81].—Riccaree village, [p. 204], [pl. 80].—Origin of the Mandans—Welsh colony—Expedition of Madoc, [p. 206–7].