82 THE GEOEGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



own profession, who seated themselves around him ; and also a number of boys, whom 

 it was requested should remain with him, and whom I supposed it possible might 

 have been pupils, whom he was instructing in the mysteries of materia medica and 

 Jioca jyoca. He took his position in the middle of the room, waving his eagle calumets 

 in each hand, and singing his medicine-song which he sings over his dying patient, 

 looking me full in the face until I completed his picture, which I painted at full 

 ' length. His vanity has been completely gratified in the operation ; he lies for hours 

 together, day after day, in my room, in front of his picture, gazing intensely upon it; 

 lights my pipe for me while I am painting — shakes hands with me a dozen times on 

 each day, and talks of me, and enlarges upon my medicine virtues and my talents, 

 wherever he goes; so that this new difficulty is now removed, and instead of preach- 

 ing against me, he is one of my strongest and most enthusiastic friends and aids in 

 the country. — iUd., pages 111, 112. 



130. Mah-tahp-ta-a, He who rushes through the Middle ; a brave, son of the former 



chief, called "the Four Men." Necklace of bears' claws. 



(Painted in 1832-'33. Plato No. 50, page 92, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



131. Mah-to-tdh-pa, the Four Bears; in undress, being in mourning, with a few 



locks of his hair cut off. His hair put up in plaits or slabs, with glue and 



red paint, 3 custom of the tribe. (No plate.) 

 The scars on his breast, arms, and legs show that he has several times in his life 

 submitted to the propitiatory tortures represented in fovir paintings, Nos. 505, 506, 

 507, 508. 



132. Seehk-hee-da, the Mouse-colored Feather, or " White Eyeiroivs " ; a very noted 



brave, with a beautiful pipe in his hand ; his hair quite yellow. 

 This man was killed by the Sioux and scalped two years after I painted hi» por- 

 trait; his scalp lies on the table, No. 10. 



(Plate No. 51, page 92, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



133. Mi-neek-ee-sunk-te-ka, the Mink; a beautiful Mandan girl, in mountain-sheep 



skin dress, ornamented with j)orcupine quills, beads, and elk's teeth. 



(Painted in 1832-!33. Plate No. 52, page 92, vol. 1, Catlin's Eigh Ytears. ) 



134. Sha-kd-ka, Mint. 



A very pretty and modest girl, twelve years of age, with gray hair ! peculiar to the 

 Mandans. This unaccountable peculiarity belongs to the Mandans alone, and about 

 one in twelve, of both sexes, and of all ages, have the hair of a bright silvery gray, 

 and exceedingly coarse and harsh, somewhat like a horse's mane. The women usually 

 have black e^-es. 



(Painted in 1832-'33. Plate No. 53, pages 92, 93, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight 

 Years.) 



135. U'li-ka-hah-hon-shee-kow, "the Long Finger-nails ; a brave. 



136. Mah-tah'p-ta-hah, the One who rushes through the Middle. 



137. 138, 139, 140, 141, 142. Sau-ja-ka-kd-koh, the Deceiving Wolf, and five 



others, in a group ; names not preserved. 



(Plate 54, page 95, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



Shows the manner of wearing the hair amongst the Mandans; a 

 method still preserved. The men wore their hair " banged." In Hay- 

 den's Photographic Collection, No. 1005 is an examjDle — Me-ra-pa-ra-pa, 

 or Lance; a brave, who is still living. This catalogue (see page 50) con- 

 tains names of 4 Mandans, Kos. 1006, 1005, 1007, and 884, taken in 1879. 



