Beschreibung:

Gr.-8°. 1) 6 Bll., 94 SS. Mit 10 Tafeln.- 2) X, 192 SS. Mit 19 Tafeln, 6 Textabbildungen und zahlr. Notenbeispielen.- 3) Mit Frontispiz, 65 Tafeln und 38 Textabbildungen. OLn. mit goldgepr. Rsch. (etw. angestaubt und fleckig).

Bemerkung:

"Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 79; 80, 81". Contents 1) Means of defense. Chiefs and wars. Causes of the wars. How the feuds and wars are carried out. The head trophy (tsantsa) and its preparation. The tsantsa feast - einsupani etc.- 2) List of songs by serial numbers. Phonetic key. Names of singers. Characterization of singers. Mandan and Hidatsa Indians. Mandan amd Hidatsa music. Good Fur Robe. Societies organized by Good Fur Robe. Customs. Legends. Folk tales. Mandan women's societies. Mandan and Hidatsa men's societies. War songs. Miscellaneous songs. Melodic and rhythmic analysis of songs by serial numbers. 3) Description of the ruin. Stone artifacts. Bone artifacts. Fetishes. Firestones. Miscellaneous objects. Basketry. Pictographs. Shrines. Burials.- Vortitel gestempelt.