Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes

Plate 38

a. From the drawing by Catlin of the original painting. This is No. 503 in Catlin’s Catalogue (London, 1848), where it is described as “The Interior of a Mandan Lodge, showing the manner in which it is constructed of poles and covered with dirt. The chief is seen smoking his pipe, and his family grouped around him.”

b. After the original painting in the National Museum, Washington. This is the fourth and last of Catlin’s paintings representing different scenes during the remarkable ceremony by the Mandan. No. 507 in the Catalogue, where it is referred to as “The Last Race.”

George Catlin. (See note, pl. 23, a.)