NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI5 105 
being recorded by his daughter. Mandan songs sung by women in 
their gardens were obtained from two aged women of the tribe, most 
of them being plaintive songs concerning absent or slain warriors. 
Fic. 129.—Entrance to old Mandan earth lodge. 
The Hidatsa material, in addition to that pertaining to the custom 
of eagle-catching, chiefly concerns war and the various societies, many 
songs of these classes being recorded. The songs of the Mandan 
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