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States Army, from recollection of signs observed among the Sioux during his late 

 service in tlie region inhabited bj' that tribe. 



Dakota III. A. special contribution from Capt. A. W. Corliss, Eighth United 

 States Infantry, of signs observed by him during liis late service among the Sioux. 



Dal-ota IV. A copious contribution with diagrams from Dr. William H. Corbu- 

 SIER, assistant surgeon, United States Army, of signs obtained trom the Ogalala Sioux 

 at Pine Eidge Agency, Dakota Territory, during lS79-'80. 



Dakota V. A report of Dr. W. J. Hoffman, from observations among the Teton 

 Dakotas while acting as.sistant surgeon, United States Army, and stationed at (irand 

 Eiver Agency, Dakota, during 1872-'73. 



Dakota VI. A list of signs obtained from Pezhi (Grass), chief of the Blackfoot 

 Sioux; Nazulatanka (Big Head), chief of the Upper Yanktonais; and Tshitouakia 

 (Thunder Hawk), chief of the Uncpapas, Teton Dakotas, located at Standing Itock, 

 Dakota Territory, while at Washington, D. C, in June, 1880. 



Dakota VII. A list of signs obtained from SiiUNfrKA LuxA (Red Dog), an Ogalala 

 chief ft'om the Red Cloud Agency, who visited Washington in company with a large 

 delegation of Dakotas in June, 1880. 



Eidatsn I. A list of signs obtained from Tsheshachadachish (Lean Wolf), 

 chief of the Hidatsa, located at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, while at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, with a delegation of Sioux Indians in June, 1880. 



MaiuJan and Eidat.m I. A discriminating and illustrated contribution from Dr. 

 Washington Matthews, assistant surgeon. United States Army, author of "Ethnog- 

 raphy and Phdology of the Hidatsa Indians," &c., lately prepared from his notes and 

 recollections of signs observed during his long service among the Maudan and Hi- 

 datsa Indians of the Upper Missouri. 



Omaha I. A special list from Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, missionary at Omaha Agency, 

 Nebraska, from observations lately made by him at that agency. 



Oto I. An elaborate list, witli diagrams, from Dr. W. C. Boteler, United States 

 Indian service, collected from the Otos at the Oto Agency, Nebraska, during lS79-'80. 



Oto and Miasouri I. A similar contribution by the same author respecting the signs 

 of the Otos and Mi-ssouris, of Nebraska, collected during the winter of 1879-'80, in the 

 description of many of which he has been joined by Miss Katie Barnes. 



Ponka I. A short list from Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, lately obtained by him from 

 the Ponkas in Nebraska. 



IROyUOIAN. 



Iroquois I. A list of signs contributed by the Hon. Horatio Hale, author of 

 "Philology" of the Wilkes Exi)Ioring Expedition, &c., now residing at Clinton. Ontario, 

 Canada, obtained in June, 1880, from Sakayenkwaraton (Disappearing Mist), famil- 

 iarly known as John Smoke Johnson, chief of tlie Canadian division of the Six Nations 

 or Iroquois proper, now a very aged man, residing at Brantford, Canada. 



Wyandot I. A list of signs from Hento (Gray Eyes), chief of the Wyandots, who 

 visited Washington, D. C, during the spring of 1880, in the interest of that tribe, now 

 located in Indian Territory. 



KAIOWAN. 



Kaiowa I. A list of signs from Sittimgea (Stumbling Bear), a Kaiowa chief from 

 Indian Teiritory, who visited Washington, D. C, in June, 1880. 



