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Show A. Ayauwais. B. Ah'.e-O· war'. C. Ne Perce'. D. l\t1 issouri. E. One. F. G. 200. 28 H. BOO. I. 40 leagues up the. river Demain on the S. E. side. J. Mr. Crawford, and other merchants from Michi· hmackinac. K. At their village and hunting camps. L. 3.800. M. 6.000. N. Deer skins principally, and the skins of the black bear, heaver, otter, grey fox, rackoon, n1uskrat, and mink, 0. Deer !::lkins, beaver, black bear, otter, grey fox, rackoon, muskrat, and mink; also, elk, and deers' tallow, and bear~' oil. P. At the mouth of the Kanzas. Q. Particularly with the Osage, Kanzas, and Chippeways, la F::tllorine, and those of Leach and Sand Lakes: sometimes with the Mahas and Sioux Wahpatone, Mindawarcarton and Wah. pacoota. R. With the Ottoes, Missouris, Siouxs, Yankton ahnah, and all the nations east of the Mississippi, and south of the Chippeways. S. They are the descendants of the ancient Missouris, and claim the country west of them to the l\1is. souri; but as to its precise litnits, or boundaries, between themselves and the Saukees and Foxes, I could never learn. They are a turbulent savage race, frequently abuse their traders, and commit depredations on those ascending and descending the. Missouri. Their trade cannot be expected to Increase tn uch. A. Saukce~. B. O'saw-kee. C. la Sauk. D. *- E. Two. F. G. 500. H. 2.000. 29 I. On the west side of the Mississippi, 140 leagues above St. Louis. J. Merchants from Michilimackinac and St. Louis. I(. At their villages, on the ~1ississippi in sundry places, and at Eel river on the W au bash. L. 4.000. 1\1. 6.000 N. See p. 28, N. 0. See p. 28, 0. P. At Prairie de Chien, (or dog plain.) Q. "'!.ith the Osage, Chippeways generally, and S1oux, except the Yankton ahnah. R. I(anzas, Ottoes, Missouris, Panias, Mahas, Pancars, and Ayauways, and all the nations east of the Mississippi, and south of the Chippeways, also with the Yankton ahnahs. S. Saukees and Renars, or Foxes. These nations are so perfectly consolidated that they 1nay, in fact, be considered as one nation only. They speak the same lang-uage: they fonnerly resided on the east side of the Mississippi, and still claim the land on that side of the river, from the mouth of the Oisconsin to the Illinois river, and eastward towards lake Michigan; but to what p~rticular boundary, I am not infonned: they also claim, . by conquest,. the \~hole .of the country belongmg to the ancient M1ssouns, which fonns one of the most valuable portions of Louisiana, but what proportion of this territorv they are wil~ing to assign to the Ayouways; who also claim a p~rt of it, I d.J not know, as they are at war with the Sioux, who liveN. and N. W. of |