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 The Mandan Indians, of whose tribe there seem to be few, if any sur-
vivors, are considered by some authorities as being likely candidates
for Atlantean ancestry.  Not only did the history of this tribe contain
a detailed Flood legend but, until the last century, its peoples had also
preserved an image of an ark-like vessel, around which was performed
a religious ceremony that clearly referred to the destruction of Atlantis.

Many of the Mandans were white people with hazel, grey or blue eyes,
and hair varying from dark-brown to ash-blond.  The Mandans lived in
fortified towns and manufactured earthenware pots, which they used
for boiling water - a custom unique to their tribe.


Ignatius Donnelly quotes the following report of a Mandan ceremony,
written by George Catlin, who visited the Mandans in the mid-nine-
teenth century.