volume v, p. 127, note 82.--ED.

[282] The Minitaree had a creation-myth similar to that of the Mandan, by which they were represented as climbing from a lake when a tree broke, the remainder of the tribe being left below.--ED.

[283] See Plate 49, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv, for a view of Mih-Tutta-Hang-Kush, of which the ground plan is found on p. 363, _ante_.--ED.

[284] This belief in the influence of dreams and in a guardian spirit was widespread among the aborigines of North America; consult J. Long's _Voyages_, in our volume ii, pp. 123-126; also J. O. Dorsey, "Siouan Cults," p. 475.--ED.

[285] See Plate 54, figure 3, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.--ED.

[286] For sacred pipes among the Omaha, see Dorsey, "Omaha Sociology," pp. 221-224.--ED.

[287] The ceremony of adoption was frequent among North American Indians. It was of vast service in preserving the lives of white captives, and in promoting intercourse between whites and Indians. For typical instances consult Lewis H. Morgan, _League of the Iroquois_ (Rochester, 1851), pp. 341-346; J. Long's _Voyages_, in our volume ii, pp. 82-86; and _Henry-Thompson Journals_, i, pp. 388-390.--ED.

[288] Consult on this subject, Brinton, _Myths of the New World_, pp. 304-334.--ED.

[289] See Catlin's description of the purchase of a white buffalo robe from the Blackfeet--a matter of public concern to the entire tribe--and its dedication to the Great Spirit, in _North American Indians_, i, pp. 133, 134.--ED.

[290] These are represented in Plate 58, in the accompanying atlas, our