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Show 14 0. The same as the Osage. P. On the north side of the Kanzas river, at a bluff one and a half miles fron1 its conflu.ence with the Missouri. Q. With all nations within their reach. R. They are sometitnes at peace with the Ottoes and Missouris, with wh01n they are partially intermarried. S. The limits of the country they claim is not known. The country in which they reside, and frmn thence to the Missouri~ is a delightful one, and generally well watered and covered with excellent timber: they hunt on the upper part of Kanzas and Arkanzas rivers: their trade may be expected to. increase w.ith proper management. At present they are a dissolute, lawless banclitti; frequently plunder their traders, and comn1it depredat. ions ~n persons ascen~ling and descending the M1ssoun nver: populatiOn rather increasing. '"fhese people, as well as the Great and Little Osages, are stationary, at their villages, from about the 15th of March to the 15th of May and again from the 15th of August to the 15~h of October: the balance of the year is appropriated to hunting. They cultivate corn, &c. A. Ottoes. B. Wad-doke-tah-tah. C. La Z&to. D. Missouri. E. Ottoes and Missouris, one. F. G. 120. H. 500. I. South side of the n·v cr PI att e, fif1t een league~ from its month. .T. Merchants of St. Louis. 15 K .. On the Missouri, below the river Platte ; not stationary, and at their villages. L. 4 .. 000, including the Missouris. M. 8.000, including the Missouris. N. Principally deer skins, black bear, a greater proportion of beaver than the Osage, some otter and rackoons. 0. Skins of the deer, black bear, beaver, otter, rackoon, muskrats and wolves, buft1.loe robes, tallow and grease, bears' oil, deer and elk tallow, elk skins dressed and in parchment, all in much larger quantities than they do at present. P. The Council Bluff, on the S. W. side of the 1\tlissouri, fifty 1niles above the mouth of the river Platte. Q. \Vith the Mahas, Pon'cars, Sioux, the Great and Little Osage, Kanzas and Loups. R. vVith the Panis proper, Saukees and Renars. S. They have no idea of an exclusive possession of any country, nor do they assign themselves any limits. I do not believe that they would object to the introduction of any well disposed Indians : they treat the traders with respect and hospitality, generally. In their occupations of hunting and cultivation, they are the smne with the Kanzas and Osage. T'hey hunt on the Saline, Nimmchaw rivers, and west of them in the plains. The country in which they hunt lies well; it is extremely fertile and well watered; that part of it which borders on the Nimme~ aw and Missouri possesses a good portion of trmber: population rather increasing. rfhey ~1av~ always resided near the place their village 1s Situated, and are the descendants of the Missouns. A. 1\1issouris. B. Ne,,'~dar- cha . |