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Show 58 primary information was greater with this process. 20. Ahschupsa Masihichsi. Hidatsa Man, watercolor on paper, 12-1/8" x 9 -1/8", KBA#327. 21. This portrait is pivotal to a later discussion concerning the documentary validity of both the aquatints and the watercolors and will be more closely examined at that time. 22. Sfh-Chida. Mandan Man, watercolor on paper, 17-1/8" x 11-7/8", KBA #316. 23. Mahchsi-Nihka. Mandan Man, watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper, 12-1/4" x 9-7/8", KBA #312. 24. Karl Bodmer's America , p. 303. 25. Maximilian recorded in his journal the events that led up to the February scalp dance. On February 2, 1834, he wrote: "In the preceding night, the Assiniboins had stolen three horses from the Minnetarees, 150 of whom immediately mounted their horses to pursue and kill them." People of the First Man, p. 194. The next day Maximilian again writes: In the afternoon news was received that the Minnetarees, who had gone in pursuit of the Assiniboins, had overtaken a small party, and killed a young man, whom they had found asleep, cruelly awakened with whips, and then murdered in cold blood. Ibid. On February 4, 1834, Maximilian continues to describe the events that culminated in the ceremony Bodmer recorded: Early in the day a young Indian came, carrying fastened to a stick with a string the severed hand of the Assiniboin who had been killed yesterday. A group of children surrounded him. Sih-Sa took this trophy of barbarism from him and carried it about with satisfaction. Ibid. 26. Sih-Sa. Mandan Man, watercolor on paper, 12-1/4" x 9-1/2", KBA#315. 27. See note 25, Chapter Two. |