Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . N9I. \^ ( ^ 149 party of Mandans and Sliiennes. Mah-to-toh-pa is here known by his lancewith eagles quills on it. 3. A Shienne killed by Mah-to-toh-pa after Mah-to-toh-pa had been leftby his party, badly wounded and bleeding ; the twenty-five or thirty foot-tracks around, represent the number of Shiennes^ who wer
Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . N9I. \^ ( ^ 149 party of Mandans and Sliiennes. Mah-to-toh-pa is here known by his lancewith eagles quills on it. 3. A Shienne killed by Mah-to-toh-pa after Mah-to-toh-pa had been leftby his party, badly wounded and bleeding ; the twenty-five or thirty foot-tracks around, represent the number of Shiennes^ who were present whenthe battle took place ; and the bullets from their guns represented as flyingall around the head of Mah-to-toh-pa. 4. Shienne chief with war-eagle head-dress, and a beautiful shield,ornamented with eagles quills, killed by Mah-to-toh-pa. In this battle thewife of the Shienne rushed forward in a desperate manner to his assistance;but arriving too late, fell a victim. In this battle Mah-to-toh-pa obtainedtwo scalps. 5. Mah-to-toh-pa, with a party of Riccarees, fired at by a party of Sioux;the Riccarees fled—Mah-to-toh-pa dismounted and drove his horse back,facing the enemy alone and killing one of them. Mah-to-toh-pa is hererepresented with a beautiful head-dre
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