13 November 1833
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November 13 1833
Mató-Tópe visited us with his wife and child. This child was strong, round, very cute, with beautiful, large eyes; he was completely naked. His name was Mató-Berockä (Male Bear). [Mató-Tópe] had a horse and baggage with him, also his medicine drum, black with red figures representing lightning and buffalo tracks. The background is black; the figures are vermilion (see Mr. Bodmer’s sketch).
Almost every lodge has such a drum—a skin stretched over a broad hoop. [Four Bears] also brought along a lance, a beautiful bonnet of war-eagle feathers, and a few other things. He stayed a few hours and then went to the forest.
