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Mandan Tribe Evidence
On the death of the King in December 1169, the brothers fought amongst themselves for the right to rule Gwynedd. Madog, although brave and adventurous, was also a man of peace. In 1170 he and his brother, Riryd, sailed from Aber-Kerrik-Gwynan on the North Wales Coast (now Rhos-on-Sea) in two ships, the ''Gorn Gwynant'' and the ''Pedr Sant''. They sailed west and landed in what is now [[Alabama]] in the [[USA]].
On the death of the King in December 1169, the brothers fought amongst themselves for the right to rule Gwynedd. Madog, although brave and adventurous, was also a man of peace. In 1170 he and his brother, Riryd, sailed from Aber-Kerrik-Gwynan on the North Wales Coast (now Rhos-on-Sea) in two ships, the ''Gorn Gwynant'' and the ''Pedr Sant''. They sailed west and landed in what is now [[Alabama]] in the [[USA]].
==Evidence==
George Catlin, a nineteenth-century painter who lived amongst Indian tribes, including the Mandans. He was imptrressed by their physical characteristics: <blockquote>"A stranger in the Mandan village is first struck with the different shades of complexion, and various colors of hair which he sees in a crowd about him, and is almost disposed to exclaim that these are not Indians." The artist also noted "a most pleasing symmetry and proportion of features, with hazel, gray and blue eyes." <ref> George Caitlin, 1844, "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and conditions of North American Indians," </ref><blockquote>
Catlin stayed almost eight years living among the Mandan tribe, and makes many interesting paintings of almost every aspect of their daily lives as well as written observations. He was the only white man to record their rituals and customs, some of which are quite gruesome.Catlin concluded that the Mandans were the descendents of the Madog people based upon the fact that they spoke Welsh, used a boat which was known as the Welsh Coracle and many of the Mandans had blond hair and blue eyes<ref>For a fuller history of the Mandan tribe see: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bowen/mandans.html </ref>.
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