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usual jumping "shaker" motion with singing & beating on the drum & rattling, the girls assisting with their voices in the louder portions -- On the following day a "Mandan" dance was performed by some of the chief-men of the upper Sissetons -- In this, a large drum highly ornamented & supported on four sticks is beat upon by the dancers who sit in a circle around it, each one having a stick. Their voices kept time to the music & two boys of about twelve & three or four young girls sang with them during portions of the performance. After a preliminary overture on the drum the one arose related an exploit & then accompanied by two or three others