Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 3 and appendix

CHAPTER XXXIII--Return on the Erie Canal and the River

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Hudson to New York--Voyage to Europe 177

APPENDIX (combination of German and English editions)--

I--Vocabularies of some of the Tribes of Northwestern America. Translated for the present edition from the original German edition (Coblentz, 1839), by _Asa Currier Tilton_

(a) Introduction 199

(b) Vocabularies: Arikkaras, Assiniboins, Blackfeet, Chayennes, Crows, Dacota Yanktonans, Dacota Tetons, Fall Indians, Flatheads, Kickapus, Konsa, Krih, Kutanä, Mandans, Minnitarris, Musquake, Ojibuä, Omaha, Otos, Pahni, Puncas, Saukis, Snake, Wasaji [Osage] 210

(c) Indian Sign Language 300

II--On the Origin of the Otos, Joways, and Missouris; a tradition communicated by an Old Chief to Major Bean, the Indian Agent. From the London edition, 1843 313

III--Sale of Land by the Indians--Extract from the published Contract. From the London edition 315

IV--Treaty of Peace between the American Fur Company and the Blackfeet. From the London edition 317

V--Meteorological Observations at Fort Union and Fort Clarke on the Upper Missouri. Summarized from the original German edition, by _Asa Currier Tilton_ 318

VI--Bird Calendar for the Region of the Mandan Village, for the Winter of 1833-34. Translated from the original German edition, by _Asa Currier Tilton_ 320

VII--Catalogus Plantarum in Monte Pocono (North Hampt., Pennsylvaniæ), observatarum a L. D. Schweinitz. From the London edition 323

VIII--Systematic View of the Plants brought back from my Tour on the Missouri, drawn up by President Nees von Essenbeck, at Breslau. From the London edition 326

IX--Catalogue of Birds, observed in the months of November, December, January, and February, at the mouth of the Wabash. Translated from the original German edition, by _Asa Currier Tilton_ 345

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXIV

(The following are text cuts in original)

Plan of Minitaree medicine feast 25

Club, with carved head 25

Plan of Mandan hut 37

Mandan, in bull-dance costume 37

Heads of sledge dogs 37

Double rainbow 59

Little Soldier (Tukan Haton), a Sioux chief 59

Plan of Niagara Falls 169

Harpoon for dolphins 169