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Mandan, a. and n.|ˈmændən|
Also Mandane, Mandano, Mandon.
[ad. Dakota Matani.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a Siouan Indian people of North Dakota.
B. n. This people; a member of this people; also, their language.
1794in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1810) 1st Ser. III. 24 The tribes of Indians which he passed through, were called the Maskego Tribe..Mandon tribe, Paunees, and several others. 1806M. Lewis in Deb. Congress U.S. (1852) 9th Congress 2 Sess., App. 1065 The bridlebits and blankets I have seen in the possession of the Mandans. 1806[see berdache]. 1831J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 21 At the Mandan villages, 1600 miles from the Mississippi, it [sc. the Missouri] is said to be nearly as wide..as at St. Charles. 1877L. H. Morgan Anc. Society ii. vi. 158 In intelligence and in the arts of life the Mandans were in advance of all their kindred tribes. Ibid. iii. iii. 440 In Mandan my brother's wife is my wife. 1911, etc. [see Hidatsa]. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Siouan family includes many languages, such as..Winnebago, Mandan, Crow. Ibid. xvii. 283 A Mandan Indian sent the..picture to a fur-trader. 1971S. E. Morison European Discovery Amer.: Northern Voy. iv. 86 Eventually the Mandan become the most favored tribe. |