THE MANDAN
The Mandan tribe has not been visited by the author, who must content himself with giving the list of gentes furnished by Morgan, in his "Ancient Society." This author's system of spelling is preserved:
1. Wolf gens, Ho-ra-ta'-mŭ-make (Qa-ra-ta' nu-mañ'-ke?).
2. Bear gens, Mä-to'-no-mäke (Ma-to' nu-mañ'-ke).
3. Prairie-chicken gens, See-poosh'-kä (Si-pu'-cka nu-mañ'-ke).
4. Good-knife gens, Tä-na-tsŭ'-kä (Ta-ne-tsu'-ka nu-mañ'-ke?).
5. Eagle gens, Ki-tä'-ne-mäke (Qi-ta' nu-mañ'-ke?).
6. Flat-head gens, E-stä-pa' (Hi-sta pe' nu-mañ'-ke?).
7. High-village gens, Me-te-ah'-ke.
All that follows concerning the Mandan was recorded by Prince Maximilian in 1833. Polygamy was everywhere practiced, the number of wives differing, there being seldom more than four, and in general only one. The Mandan marriage customs resemble those of the Dakota and other cognate peoples.