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Show 3nd a variety of articles whith mid1t be useful to h1'm 1 •J • ':lfl( he len us the next day. The example or this man shows ~~W {'a ily lllCil may br W<>:llll'd rt'Oill the hahitsofa civili:.r.CIJ hfe to the rullt.'l'. hut searc('lJ less f,•scinatin~ maHnns of the woo<ls. 'l,his huntct· has hcen now absent for many years f1·om the ft·onticrs, }IIHl 111i>-;'ht natvs'ally be pl'csumcd to have some anxirty, o1· some cm·iosi1y at least to t•etm·n to ~tis ft·icmls and 11 is count•·y: yet just at the mom<'nt whrn f1e 1s app•·oaching the fs·on tic•·s , ltc i: 1 cmpt(•d by a )11111( in()' s~ltemc, to give up those dcli~h tJul }H'O peds, and ~0 hack WJtltout tl1c lea. t r•'lurh\n(jc to OJC solHude of tlw l\·oods. h In th. e evening Chahoucau, who had been lll in·:•-,· lint."., "jl} ll t c lmlm.ns, and hacl lea•·ncd what had taken plauc dm·in•" J, • (' h our ausencc, JH10t>mrd u , that as soon as we had )('ft thr Minuctat·ccs, they sent out a wat' party against the Slloshonocs, whom UtCJ attacked ami routed, though in th<' engagement they lost two nu.~n, one of whom \Yas the son of the chief of the ~iUlc 1\:liunctarec village. Anotlt<'J' wa1· party had gone agamst. the Raca•·as, two of whom UtPY ki lied. .A misunderstandin~ too had t.akcn place bet\H'en tia· 1\1andam and Minnctarccs, in COUSC(]UCncc or a di&pute ahoul a \\0· ~an, which had nc~U'ly occasi01wd a war; hut at kug·tJ1 a ll•pe was prcscntcu IJy the 1\'linnctarccs, and a reconciliation took place. l~ric.lay 16 • 'l1l1 e .lI\ '[a n d ans 1m u.1 uffi~t·ccl to give us some c_orn, and on s~nc.l.ing thi: morning, we found a gt·ca.tcr· qtmntJty collected. for our usc than all our canoes would contain. 'y c there l'o1· ~ thanked tlw ch ie{' and tool~ only six loads. At ten o'cloe. J"- t 1u· c cl1.I C.'t:':;· 0 f In U. C U·•l' fi't .~l'Cllt V·i llages (•am<' dOWil (O smoke \~1Lh us. 'Vc thCI·<'I'ot·c took Otis oppo1·tunify of cn-dcavom'tnc:-", l0 . c·n ob•'a gc .1'" )1C• llO I'P ,•i H' m• our m• t\'J'm;(s by a Jli'C-sent of the swivel, wluch is no lont;cr scrv iccaiJle. as it cannot be discharged from om· lat·gest pcdoguc. It was now loaded, ami the chiefs lwing formed into a circle J•ountl it, ca~ltain Chu·kc addrcssul them -., itl r;l·eat C(.'l'('JnOIIY· He sattl that he had listened w.ith much attention to wlJat had U1, the Missow·i. yesterday been •lcclared by the llor;:;nc, whom he believed. to be sincere, and then rcpt'oached them with thcit• di sl'c~ gal'd of out· counsels, ant\ their wat·s on the Shoslaon{~es an(} Riearas. Littlcchcl'l'y, the old ~linnctal'ee d1icr, answ<.~J·ed that Lhey ha(llong stai (l at home ancllisteued to our a(\ vice, but at last went to war against the Sioux IJeca.u ·e tltcit· hor~ scs hacl been stolen, and th<.~it• coutpanions killed; and that in an CXllcditiou a~ainst those pcollle, they hall 111ct the Uica- 1·as, who were on thcit· way to stt·ikc them. aml a. hattlc ensuecJ. But in futut·e he !,aid they would attend to our words and Live at peace. 'J'he Bol'gnr added, that his ears too wouh\ a\Wa)'S he O}H.'Il to the wnn\s of hi ' goo(l father, aml shut a~ainst had counsel. Caplain Chu·kc tht.>n present(! d to the llor·~uc Ha<· !,W i\'cl, which he lolcl hi111 had an~ nounced the words or hi :; gt·eat father to all the nations we had seen, and which, whcncvcl' it was fin:d, Hlwnld re<·all those which we had dclivcl'<'d to him. The gun was then discharged, aml the Boq;ne hatl it conVC)'Ctl in g1·eat i>Omp to his village. The council was thrn adjourned. In the aftct·noon captain Clal'1 e walked up to the village oflhe Littlccrow, taking a Ua.g. which he intended to p•·rs<·nt to him, but was suqwised on being told by him. that he had given over all intention or accompauyinb us, anclt·efuscd the flag. He found that this was om:asi01wd L>y a j<·a.lousy between him anti the prineipa.l chicl', lligwhitr: on the ioterfe• ·enf-c, howevct·, of Jesscaumc. the two <·hic.fs wei'C rccon~ ciled, anti it was ag•·ecd that the Bigwhito himself should accompany us with his wife and son. Satut'da.y, 17. The 1u-incipal chiefs of the l\:linnetarees eame down to hid us faa·cwell, as none of I hem could IJc I>t'Cvailcd on to go with us. 'fbis cil'cumstance induct>d our intcrpt ·ciet•, Chaboneau, witll his wife and chihl, tu remain hct·e, as he could be no longer useful; and notwithstanding our offers of' takin ..... him wilh us to the Unit{·d States, he b iaid that he bad tbcl'e no ac<Iuaintance, and no chance of making a livelihood, aud prefct·red l'emaioing amonli the Jn .. veL. n. 3 n |