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Show 26 G. 50. r.· ~00°~he s. w. side of the Missouri, three miles above the Mandans. J. See page 24, J. . K. At the Mandan and Menetare vtllages. L. 300, M. 1.000. N. See page 24, N. 0. See p··ge 24, 0. P. See page 25, P. . . Q. Dden~ive war with the Sioux, and offens1ve w1th the Snake Indians and Flatheads. R. With all who do not wage "ar against them, except the Snake Indians an.d Flathea~s. S. They differ but very little, 111 any particular,. frohm the Mandans, their neighl?ors, exccp~ m t e unjust war which they, as well as the Mmet~res, prosecute against the d~fen~eless ~nake I~dmns, from which, I believe, 1t will be ddliult to 1nduce them to desist. They claim to have once ~een a part of the Crow Indians\ whom they .still acknowledge as relations. ~ hey ~~ve re?Idcd on the Missouri as long as the1r trad1t1on w1H enable them to inform. A. Minetares. { Me-ne-tar-re, 1st village. B. E-haL'-sar, Me-ne-tar-re-me-te-har-tar, lage. 2d vil- C. Gross Ventres. D. *· E. Two. F. G. 600. H. 2.500. I. On both sides of Knife river, near the Missouri, 5 miles above the Mandans. 27 J. See page 24, J. K. At their villages and hunting campsL. 1.000. M. 3.000. N. See page 24·, N. 0. T'he same as the Mandans (seep. 24, 0.) with the addition of the white bear. P. Seep. 25, P. Q. Detensive war with the Sioux, and offensive with the Snake Indians and Flatheads. R. With all, except the Snake Indians and Flatheads, who do not wage war against them. S. T'hey claim no particular country, nor do they assign the1nselves any li1nits: their tradition reI~ tcs that they have always resided at their present VIllages. In their customs, 1nanners, and dispositions, they are similar to the Mandans and Ahwahhaways. The scarcity of fuel induces them t~ reside, during. the cold season, in large bands, 111 camps, on chfferent parts of the Missouri, as high up that river as the mouth of the river Y cllow Stone, and west of their villages, about the 'rurtle mountain. I believe that these people, as well as the Mandans and Ahwahhaways, might be prevailed on to remove to the mouth of Yellow Stone river, provided an establishment is made at that place. They have as yet furnished scarcely any beaver, although the country they hunt abounds with them; the lodges of these anin1als are to be seen within a mile of their villages. T'hese people have also suffered considerably by the small-pox; but have successfully resisted the attacks of the Sioux. ,.fhe N. W. company intend to form an establishlnent in the course of the next summer, and aut~Inn,. on the Missouri, near these people, wh1ch., tf effected, will most probably prevent their removal to any point which our govern .. n1ent may hereafter wish them to reside atq |