"Pehriska-Ruhpa, Minnatarre warrior in the costume of the Dog Danse" - Pehriska-Ruhpa was a Minatarre (Hidatsa), but Bodmer painted him in the costume of the "dog band" of the neighboring Mandans. In this ritual, three men designated as "true dogs" were obliged, "if anyone throws a piece of meat...onto the ground, saying, 'There dog, eat,' to fall upon it, and devour it raw, like dogs or beasts of prey."
