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Show 424 Ex. Doc. No. 41. tention, and now threw away the stick that he had at first rc olved to take home and show to hi people. Our Indian friends intend d leaving here yc terday, but as they get wel1 fed, and ha\c nothing to pay, they are not O\ cr anxious to go away. . . I n the eveninob- I was earned down to the flYer, and took a bath in the refreshing water ?f the Arkansas. Between the fo:·t and the river there ~ r.: a low p1ece of ground that was once cultivated, the traces of the "Acequia,' by which it was irrigat<'d, arc yet visible, but the lndwn destroyed everything before the owners could reap the fru its of their labor; hence, although the oil gave great promise of being productive, it has ever since been negl('cted. T his bottom land was now cheqncrcd with bri lliant ma. ~ cs of color, produced by the groups of plant \vhich were growing in ~reat luxuriance. The goldln rocl, (S. a1tis ima,) the purp . Eupatonum, (E. purpurea,) the sunflo\ver, ·ilvcr marged euphorbia, ( ~. marginata,) and the pink cleome, mingled together, clad in th<'ir brightest hues; and the sandy plain that sl<irted the bottom was "'uicd with ltahneo og. olden gourd, cucumis pereniu1', ancl a beautiful species of soI measured to -day the kin of a panth r, feli · cotn:olor, that was 6~ feet in length from the end of the no.:c to the root of the tail. It had been killed on the Caiiadian by the J( ioway ~ . I al !=:o examined some kins of the grey and whi tc wo h·e. ; and, fr om all I can learn, these animals arc on · and the same kind, as the grt•y wolf becomes whiter a · it advan ce. in agr . ' ome of the skins were white, some grey, and oth TS in a tran it ion . tate. SeptembeT 1.-I obtained several . ingular plant , and among t them a beautiful specie · of the lobelia; and I had scarce fini. hed, my drawings of them, wh(•n "Nah- mou. t" and "Ah-mah-nah -co" knocked at the door of my room. I showed them my port-folio, and got them to give the names of th plants, insects, antl animals th~t they k nc.w . After mak ing a complete inspedio11 of tn} portfoliO, I tncl ucccl "Ah-mah-nah-co' to sit for me· he willino-ly comp l ied , an d, ~hoo ing his attitude, at pc•·fe ctl/ motionles: until I had both tlra\\Jl and pallltcd my sketch. r th(' ll showed it to hun, whereupon he scem(•d much pleasc<l, and after n•garding it for some time , he desired me to write his name un1lcrneath; I comrncn r ed and he gave me two name , fird, " ah-mou .. t," and then "Ahmah- nah-co," wl1il'h mean tbc bear above. The surname had been bestowed in accon1ance with an Indian eu ·tom similar to that of the knights of ancient chi va1ry, who always /ccci ved a :urname after they had done some valiant <ll'cd. O ur l;ndian friends have become compll'tcl y domiciled here, where ~hey ~re f~d and have every th ing they need fu rnished to t hem; for If th~n Wishes were not gratified, they wou!.l not bring their fu" to tlus place. to trade. As food is scarl'e, the pcopl e of the fort are obhg cl to gn~ th('ffi somcth1ng to eat, ancl the Indian: nc' er fad to be pre ent at meal tim es. . .An old man ca11ccl "Is t wo-ne-mox-is t ,'• upplicd ·his family With fish that he caught m a .. 'j) e<:ics of dam or trap tha t he had Cll 0 z > ::X:: |