122. _Háw-che-he-súg-ga_, He who kills the Osages; Chief of the tribe; an old man, necklace of grisly bears' claws, and a handsome carved pipe in his hand. RÍC-CA-EEES. A small but very hostile tribe of 2500, on the west bank of the Missouri, 1600 miles above its junction with the Mississippi; living in one village of earth-covered lodges. 123. _Stán-au-pat_, the Bloody Hand; Chief of the tribe. His face painted red with vermilion, scalping-knife in his hand; wearing a beautiful dress. 124. _Kah-béck-a_, the Twin; wife of the Chief (No. 123). 125. _Pshán-shaw_, the Sweet-scented Grass; a girl of twelve years old, daughter of the Chief (No. 123), full length, in a beautiful dress of the mountain-sheep skin, neatly garnished, and robe of the young buffalo. 126. _Páh-too-cá-ra_, He who Strikes; a distinguished brave. MAN-DANS, (SEE-PO'HS-KA-NU-MA'H-KA'-KEE,) PEOPLE OF THE PHEASANTS. A small tribe of 2000 souls, living in two permanent villages on the Missouri, 1800 miles above its junction with the Mississippi. Earth-covered lodges; villages fortified by strong piquets, eighteen feet high, and a ditch. [_This friendly and interesting tribe all perished by the small-pox and suicide in 1837 (three years after I lived amongst them), excepting about forty, who have since been destroyed by their enemy, rendering the tribe entirely extinct, and their language lost, in the short space of a few months!_ The disease was carried amongst them by the traders, which destroyed in six months, of different tribes, 25,000!] 127. _Ha-na-tá-nu-maúk_, the Wolf Chief; head of the tribe, in a splendid dress, head-dress of raven-quills, and two _calumets_ or pipes of peace in his hand. 128. _Máh-to-toh-pa_, the Four Bears; second Chief, but the favourite and popular man of the nation; costume splendid, head-dress of war-eagles' quills and ermine, extending quite to the ground, surmounted by the horns of the buffalo and skin of the magpie. 129. _Mah-tó-he-ha_, the Old Bear; a very distinguished brave; but here represented in the character of a _Medicine Man_ or Doctor, with his _medicine_ or _mystery_ pipes in his hands, and foxes' tails tied to his heels, prepared to make his last visit to his patient, to cure him, if possible, by _hocus pocus_ and magic. 130. _Mah-táhp-ta-a_, He who rushes through the Middle; a brave, son of the former Chief, called "the Four Men." Necklace of bears' claws. 131. _Máh-to-tóh-pa_, the Four Bears; in _undress_, being in mourning, with a few locks of his hair cut off. His hair put up in plaits or slabs, with glue and red paint, a custom of the tribe.