Note 248 — Chapter XXV · ACCOUNT OF THE MANDAN INDIANS
Hannibal Evans Lloyd translation
Matthews, Hidatsa Indians, p. 15, criticises Maximilian for this statement, saying "Why boast of a deed which was no great achievement?" Catlin likewise extols the chastity of girls in respectable families. The evidence of Alexander Henry is in the opposite direction. Consult also Bradbury, in our volume v, p. 166.—Ed.