Mato-tope

Mato-tope (also known as Ma-to-toh-pe or Four Bears, from mato "bear" and tope "four") was the second chief of the Mandan tribe to be known as "Four Bears," a name he earned after charging the Assiniboine tribe during battle with the strength of four bears. Four Bears lived in the first half of the 19th century on the upper Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. Four Bears was a favorite subject of artists, painted by George Catlin and Karl Bodmer. Born: c. 1784 Died: July 30, 1837