[299] See O-kee-pa, plate viii, for a representation of the masker imitating the beaver.—Ed.
[300] Represented in O-kee-pa, plate vii; also another, intended to symbolize the dawn, or the rays of the morning.—Ed.
[301] Catlin's account of the tortures is more detailed than that of Maximilian, but presents similar features. Upon inquiry, the former learned that but one young man was known to have died from the exhaustion consequent thereupon. Consult also the Henry-Thompson Journals, i, pp. 364, 365.—Ed.
[302] Compare Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, i, p. 245; and James's Long's Expedition, in our volume xv, pp. 129, 130.—Ed.
[303] See our volume xiv, pp. 127, 128.—Ed.
[304] Compare Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, i, pp. 257, 258, on the use of rattlesnake joints as medicine.—Ed.
[305] For the mention by Lewis and Clark see Original Journals, i, p. 264; also our volume xv, pp. 57-59.—Ed.
[306] See Plate 14, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.
[307] See Plate 58, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.
[308] Matthews, Hidatsa Indians, pp. 71, 72, takes exception to this list, and from his own observation thinks that the Mandan and Minitaree have no formal names for the lunar periods, and that they are aware that twelve do not quite complete the year.—Ed.