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611. Mali to-toh-pa, the Four Bears ; a Mandan chief, in full dress. His head-dress 



of eagles' quills and ermine, descending to his feet, with horns of the buf- 

 falo, highly polished. The entire dress the same that was worn by him 

 when he stood for the full-length portrait seen in the collection. He holds 

 the war knife in his hand with which he slew seven of his enemies ; the 

 head modelled in plaster. 



612. A Mandan Woman, wife of Mah-to-toli-pa, in a fine skin dress, ornamented 



with elks' teeth, a most valued and costly ornament ; head modelled in 



plaster. 

 6L3. A Mandan Child, daughter of the chief, in beautiful dress of skin, ornamented 



with elks' teeth ; head modelled in plaster. 

 614. Ah-quee-we-zaints, the boy chief; an Ojibbeway chief, who visited London 



in 1845, and made his famous speech to the Queen at Windsor Castle ; 



wrapped in a buffalo robe ; head moulded from life in plaster. 

 61ff. Pat-au-a-quot-a- wee-be, the Driving Cloud; a war chief of the Ojibbeways, 



who visited London in 1845, and also led the war dance, and made his 



speech before the Queen in Windsor Castle ; head moulded in plaster, from 



life. 



616. Gish-ee-gosh-e-gee, the Moonlight Night ; an Ojibbeway warrior, who visited 



London in 1845, in full dress, with painted robe ; head moulded from life. 



617. Wa-be-no, Medicine ; an Ojibbeway medicine-man, who visited London in 1845, 



with shield, bow, and arrow ; head moulded from the life. 



618. Maun-gua-daus, a Great Hero; one of the second party of Ojibbeways who 



visited London in 1846. Head-dress very splendidly made of eagles' quills, 

 his robe of a buffalo skin, with the figure of the sun painted on it. Head 

 moulded in plaster from life. 



619. An Objibeway Woman, wife of Maun-gua-daus, with her infant slung in its 



cradle, and carried on her back, the cradle beautifully ornamented with 

 porcupine quills ; head of the woman moulded from life, in plaster. 



620. Say-say-gon, the Hail Storm ; a war chief of the Ojibbeways, who visited Lon- 



don and Paris in 1846 ; head moulded in plaster from life. This man died 

 of small-pox hi London. 



621. Flathead Warrior, from the Columbia River; his head flattened; holding a 



paddle in his hand ; head moulded in plaster from life. 



622. Flathead Woman, in a beautiful skin dress, holding her cradle in her arms, 



with the infant undergoing the unaccountable process of flattening the 

 head. Nothing can exceed the perfection of this interesting illustration. 

 The woman's head is a fair sample of that extraordinary mode, and moulded 

 in plaster from the living head. 



623. Cadotte, the Strong Wind; an Ojibbeway brave who made so much excitement 



by taking a London wife to the shores of Lake Huron. In full costume, 

 the same m which he was dressed when in London ; the head moulded in plas- 

 ter, from life. 



624. A Medicine Man, or Magician, of the Nay-as tribe, north of the Columbia 



River, wearing his medicine mask, under which he pretends to be able to 

 invoke and call into his presence, though invisible, the spirits of the dead, 

 or the spirits of war and peace, whom it may be considered necessary to be 

 present at the councils of the chiefs. This extraordinary mask is carved in 

 wood, and bears in the painting upon it the peculiar characters of the tribe, 

 which will be seen in the beautiful robe upon the Nay-as woman by his 

 side. His own dress made of the intestinal membranes of the Pacific seal. 

 The model of the Nay-as canoe, and the numerous masks in wood of various 

 designs, hanging near the figure, and used on certain occasions in the Masque 

 dance, all bear the same characteristic designs as seen upon the robe. 



