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Show S. · 'i\T AHPA TONE. Claim the country ir. which they rove on the N. vV. side of the river St. Peters, fi·01n their vilbge to the mouth of the Chippeway river, and thence north eastwardly towards the head of the Mississippi, including the Crow-wing river. Their lands are fLrtile, and generally well tin1bered. They are only stationary while the traders are with them, which is fro1n the beginning of October to the last of March. 'Their trade is supposed to be at its greatest extent. They treat their traders ·with respect, and seldom attempt to rob them. ~fhis, as well as the other Sioux bands, act, in all respects, as independently of each other as if they lvcre a distinct nation. S. MINDA vVARCARTON. 'Tis the only band of Siouxs that cultivates corn, beans, &c. and these even cannot properly be termed a stationary people. 'They live in tents of dressed leather, which they transport by means of horses and dogs, and ramble from place to place during the greater part of the year. They are friendly to their own traders; but the inveterate enemies to such as supply their enemies, the Chippe\vays, with merchandise. 'fhcy also claim the country in \\ hich they hunt, comn1encing at the entrance of the river St. Peters, and extending upwards, on both sides of the Mississippi river, to the mouth of the Crow-wing river. The land is fertile, and well watered; lies level and sufficiently timbered. Their trade cannot be expected to increase much. S. W AHPACOOT A. They rove in the country south west of the river St. Peters, from a place called the Hard·wood to the mouth of the Y cllow Medicine river: never stationary but when their traders are with them, and this does not happen at any regular or fixed point. At present they treat their traders tolerably well. 'Their trade cannot be expected to increase much. A g-reat proportion of their country is open plains, lies level, and is tolerably fertile. rfhey maintain a partial traffic with the Yank tons and Tetons to the ·we~t of them; tG these they barter the |