ILLUSTRATIONS
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1. Drying buffalo meat. GrisetFrontispiece.
2. "A buffalo hunt on the southwestern prairies." Stanley4
3. "Buffalo hunt." Wimar4
4. "Buffalo hunting on the frozen snow." Rindisbacher4
5. a, "A buffalo pound." Kane. b, Scene in a Sioux village, about 18704
6. a, Camp of "Sautaux Indians on the Red River." b, Ojibway wigwam
at Leech Lake, Minnesota10
7. a, "Encampment among the islands of Lake Huron." Kane. b, Ojibway
camp on bank of Red River10
8. a, Ojibway camp west of Red River. b, Ojibway camp on bank of
Red River12
9. Ojibway habitations. a, Wigwams covered with elm bark. b, Wigwams
covered with birch bark12
10. a, Ojibway birch bark canoe. b, Ojibway Indians with birch bark
canoes16
11. a, Trader's store near Cass Lake. b, Outside an elm bark covered
structure16
12. Objects of Ojibway make. a, Hammer, bag, and two skin-dressing
tools. b, Section of a rush mat16
13. a, Ojibway mortar and pestle. b, Delaware mortar and pestle. c,
Ojibway birch bark dish16
14. Cheyenne family24
15. Piegan camp. Bodmer24
16. a, Blackfoot camp. Kane. b, Arapaho village34
17. Atsina camp. Bodmer34
18. Sauk and Fox habitations. a, Frames of structures. b, Mat-covered
lodges38
19. Sauk and Fox habitation covered with elm bark38
20. a, Northwest shore of Mille Lac, 1900. b, The Sacred Island in Mille
Lac46
21. "Kaposia, June 19th, 1851." Mayer46
22. a, "Dakotah village." Eastman. b, "Dakotah encampment." Eastman50
23. a, Council at the mouth of the Teton. Catlin. b, Fort Pierre, July 4,
1851. Kurz50
24. a, b, Near Fort Laramie, 1868. c, "A skin lodge of an Assiniboin
chief." Bodmer76
25. a, Assiniboin lodges formed of pine boughs. Kane. b, "Horse camp
of the Assiniboins, March 21, 1852." Kurz76
26. a, Tipi of an Omaha chief. b, Page of Kurz's sketchbook76
27. "The village of the Omahas." 187176
28. a, Page of Kurz's sketchbook, showing Omaha village. b, Page of
Kurz's sketchbook, showing interior of an Omaha lodge80
29. "Punka Indians encamped on the banks of the Missouri." Bodmer80
30. a, Kansa village, 1841. Lehman. b, Dog dance within a Kansa lodge,
1819. Seymour96
31. Kansa habitation96
32. a, Frame of an Osage habitation. b, An Iowa structure102
33. "Oto encampment, near the Platte, 1819." Seymour102
34. a, Oto pemmican maul. b, Heavy stone maul. c, Mandan implement
for dressing hides120
35. a, Oto dugout canoe, from Kurz's sketchbook. b, Hidatsa bull-boat
and paddle120
36. Winnebago habitations, about 1870. a, Structure with arbor. b, Showing
entrance on side120
37. Winnebago structures120
38. a, Interior of a Mandan lodge. Catlin. b, Scene in a Mandan village.
Catlin132
39. "Mih-tutta-hangkusch," a Mandan village. Bodmer132
40. Interior of a Mandan lodge. Bodmer136
41. a, c, Mandan wooden bowls. b, Mandan earthenware jar136
42. a, Buffalo horn spoon. b, Spoon made of horn of mountain sheep.
Mandan136
43. "Miniatarree village." Catlin136
44. "Winter village of the Minatarres." a, Original pencil sketch. b,
Finished picture of same. Bodmer142
45. From Kurz's sketchbook. a, Use of a carrying basket. b, The ring-and-pole game. c, Hidatsa with bull-boats142
46. Crow tipis. a, "Crow lodge." Catlin. b, Camp at the old agency,
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47. A camp in a cottonwood grove152
48. Trader crossing the prairies. Page of Kurz's sketchbook162
49. Pawnee village, 1871162
50. Pawnee earth lodges, 1871162
51. In a Pawnee village, 1871. a, Children at lodge entrance. b, Showing
screen near same entrance162
52. a, Arikara carrying basket. b, Wichita mortar168
53. "Riccaree village." Catlin168
54. a, Arikara rake. b, Arikara hoe. c, Crow parfleche box178
55. Wichita habitations. a, Near Anadarko. b, Lodge standing about
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