LEAVENWORTH, establishment of, 184 LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, villages visited by, 23, 34, 60, 74, 75, 78, 89, 90, 114-115, 124-126 LINDENWOOD COLLEGE, manuscript journal in possession of, 90 LIQUOR, use of, among Indians, 75 LITTLE DOG, a Piegan Indian, 30 LITTLE OSAGE, an Osage band, 98 LITTLE OSAGE RIVER, Osage villages in valley of, 99 LITTLE RAVEN, village of, 48, 49, 50 LODGES. _See_ Bark-covered lodges, Ceremonial lodge, Earth lodge, Grass lodge, Log houses, Mat-covered lodge, Skin lodge, Thatched lodge, Tipi, Traders lodge, Wigwam. LOG CABINS-- built by Cree, 18 of the Delaware, 42 _See_ Log houses. LOG HOUSES-- construction of, 48 of Fox Indians, 38 of Sioux chief, 39 of upright posts, 48, 49, 50 LONG, MAJ. STEPHEN H., expedition under command of, 47, 157 LOUISIANA PURCHASE, change of conditions due to, 184 LOW HORN, a Piegan chief, 30 LUDLOW EXPLORING PARTY, 70 MAHAWHA, village of the Amahami, 125 MALTA, MO., former Osage village near, 99 MANDAN-- a Siouan tribe, 2 history of, 125 settled near Fort Berthold, 147 village sites of, compared with Hidatsa, 146 MANDAN VILLAGES-- described by Catlin, 128, 129-130 described by Maximilian, 130-132 deserted, 124 French expedition to, 122-123 Indian drawings of, 139 occupied by Arikaras, 176 plan of, 131 MANITOBAH HOUSE, wigwam near, 12 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. _See_ Customs. MARQUETTE, PÈRE-- Illinois tribes visited by, 41 Osage villages listed by, 98 Quapaw villages reached by, 108 MARSTON, MAJOR M., life of Sauk and Foxes described by, 39-41 MARTIN, CAPTAIN, stay of detachment of, at Isle au Vache, 91 MAT-COVERED LODGE-- as winter habitation, 38 of the Kansa, 91, 92 of the Osage, 98, 99, 100 used by Dhegiha group, 77 MATOOTONHA, a Mandan village, 125 MATS, rush, method of making, 41 MATTHEWS, description by, of Hidatsa villages, 148-150 MAXIMILIAN, villages visited by, 19, 28, 29, 35, 88, 130-136, 175-176 MDEWAKANTON TRIBE-- a division of the Dakota, 2, 44 sites of settlements of, 15 villages of, 45-52 MEDICINE, meaning of the term, 164 MEDICINE BAG OF THE DAKOTAS, 55 MEDICINE FEAST-- of the Hidatsa, 143-145 of the Mandan, 135, 136 MEDICINE LODGE-- Arikara, 172-173, 178 ceremony of erecting, 33 of the Blackfeet, 33 of the Mandan, 129 Ojibway, 12, 13, 16-17 METAHARTA, a Minnetaree village, 125, 126 MICHIGAMEA-- an Illinois tribe, 41 position of village of, not determined, 112 visited by Marquette, 41 M[)I]DÉ LODGE OF THE OJIBWAY, 13, 19 MIH-TUTTA-HANGUSCH, a Mandan village, 128, 130, 131 MILLE LAC, village sites on, 45-46 MINICONJOU, a Teton band, 2 MINNETAREES-- intrenchments made by, 34 population of village of, 126 winter village of, 143 _See_ Hidatsa.