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Show 70 Manceau followed the outlines of Bodmer's second preparatory sketch for his aquatint, drawing it directly onto the copperplate; when printed, the aquatinted image appeared in reverse. The image (Figure 3.3) depicts Maximilian and Bodmer meeting with a delegation of Minnetaree Indians, but the reportive inaccuracies in the image are astounding, especially when the careful documentation of the Scalp Dance is recalled. The Indians in Manceau's aquatint are a hodge podge drawn from diverse elements and images found in Bodmer's portfolio. The only figure that appears without significant change is that of Ahschupsa Mahsichsi, standing behind the horse in the center of the image. The remaining figures are alarmingly inaccurate. The figure standing to the far left of the aquatint image is an amazing composite drawn from three separate sources. The face and feather headdress resemble that of a watercolor portrait of an unidentified Indian, either Mandan or Minnetaree, painted by Bodmer at Fort Clark.17 While there is no corroborating evidence for a definite identification of this portrait, Bodmer himself labeled the portrait as that of Ahschupsa Masihchsi. If this is the case, the same Minnetaree Indian appears twice in the same image! This figure wears the buffalo robe of Sih-Sa, the Mandan warrior so prominent in the discussion of the Scalp Dance.18 He holds the ceremonial pipe that belonged to the Minneraree chief Pehriska-Ruhpa and that appeared in the full-length portrait of that individual.19 To the right of this composite figure, standing in profile, is an Indian resembling another Mandan, Mahschsi-Karehde.^ While this figure does not wear the feather headdress evident in Bodmer's portrait, the earrings and |