MANDANS

REIDER T. SHERWIN'S DEFINITION,
MANDAN were MYNDAN in OLD NORSE
 MYNDAN means "model"
A priest might be a model of God.
The MANDAN may have been like monks,

ps, the mandans were in many ways liked to the vikings.  (I think they were more like monks.  You seem to b elieve all Norse in America were the English Bogey Man.   The people who rowed west from the fighting in Europe were trying to find peaceful ways to live.  Look at all American action as if they were priests.)
They had a strange custom of throwing away their most prized metal personal possession at the end of their great festival.

(Metal is a good tool to kill.  Would'nt we be better off is we threw away our guns after Christmas?)

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From: Myron Paine
Subject: Conclusions and Comments

Valdimar Samúelsson	9:42 AM
to & eigth more.

Talking about Mandans.

In the Icelandic sagas ''The  Bardar saga Snaefells ás'' (ás Chieftain) they talk about man and half man then troll (Giant) Bardur was giant then his son Gestur was half man but Gestur visited Giants in cave in Iceland and fought evil Giant in a tunnel/cave west of Greenland. 

Bardur moved in his old age in to cave known to be singing cave. That cave has all kinds of runes some old and some newer as certainly caves are used by travelers.

It was said giants were ill tempered and ugly crooked teethes. 

I may be saying two things.: It is possible your Ohio giants came from of via Iceland but they originally were in jotun hjem (Giants home) in north Norway and very disliked. 

The word Mandans and their way of living according to Lewis and Clark seems in away similar like having livestock indoors and such. (Horses.)

Best Valdimar.