27 Travels in the Interior of North America; London, 1843. The Prince adds, "In shape they differ very little from the wolf, and are equally large and strong. Some are of the real wolf color; others are black, white, or spotted with black and white, and differing only by the tail being rather more turned up. Their voice is not a proper barking, but a howl like that of the wolf, and they partly descend from wolves, which approach the Indian huts, even in the daytime, and mix with the dogs" (cf. p. 203 et al.). Writing at the Mandan village, he says, "The Mandans and Manitaries have not, by any means, so many dogs as the Assiniboin, Crows, and Blackfeet. They are rarely of true wolf color, but generally black or white, or else resemble the wolf, but here they are more like the prairie wolf (_Canis latrans_). We likewise found among these animals a brown race, descended from European pointers; hence the genuine bark of the dog is more frequently heard here, whereas among the western nations they only howl. The Indian dogs are worked very hard, have hard blows and hard fare; in fact, they are treated just as this fine animal is treated among the Esquimaux" (p. 345). 28 "Letters and Notes," etc, vol. I, p. 14; of. p. 230 et al. He speaks (p. 201) of the Minitari canines as "semiloup dogs and whelps." 29 Keating’s "Narrative," op. cit., vol. II, p. 452; James’ "Account," op. cit., vol. I, p.127 et al. 30 According to Prince Maximilian, both the Mandan and Minitari kept owls in their lodges and regarded them as soothsayers ("Travels," op. cit., pp. 383, 403), and the eagle was apparently tolerated for the sake of his feathers. 31 "Cassa Tate, the antient tomahawk" on the plate illustrating the objects ("Travels," op. cit., pl. 4, p. 298). 32 Described by Coues, "History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark," 1893, vol. I, p. 139, note. 33 "Houses and House-life of the American Aborigines," Cont. N.A. Eth., vol. IV. 1881, p. 114. 34 "The American Bisons, Living and Extinct," by J.A. Allen; Memoirs of the Geol. Survey of Kentucky, vol. 1, pt. ii, 1876, map; also pp. 55, 72-101, et al. 35 Op. cit., p. 283 et seq. 36 Ibid., p. 435. 37 Ibid., p. 294. 38 "History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark," etc, by Elliott Coues, 1893 vol. 1, p. 175. It is noted that in winter the Mandan kept their horses in their lodges at night, and, fed them on cottonwood branches. Ibid., pp. 220, 233, et al. 39 Coues, Expedition of Lewis and Clark, vol. III, p. 839. 40 Ibid., vol. I, p. 140. 41 "The Story of the Indian," 1895, p. 237. 42 James’ "Account," op. cit., vol. I, pp. 126, 148; vol. II, p. 12 et al. 43 Ibid., vol. III, p. 107.