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Karl Bodmer, Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arikara Man, 1834.
12019-10-19T10:36:02+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b42Karl Bodmer, Pachtüwa-Chtä, Arikara Man, 1834. Watercolor on paper. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.49.258. Artwork in the public domain; image courtesy of Joslyn Art Museum.plain2019-10-20T13:48:03+00:00NCAW admincd3b587942c3e2c7cb2b102ada8433ef3c32db5b
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Soon after, Mató-Tópe and the Arikara came, [whose drawing] was completed in the afternoon by three o’clock.
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Mató-Tópe came and brought the Arikara who was to be drawn. . . .
For Mató-Tópe, I had to draw a pattáckä [bald eagle] holding a scalp in its claws, blood flowing from them. He and the Arikara went across [the fort?] to eat. Afterward, he was drawn again.
