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Show I 62 APPENDIX TO PAHT I. nors, which may principally be attributed to their chief the TonntTe Rouge, \\ ho, at the present clay is allowed by both white people and the ~avug-es or the di!Tcrent bands, to be (•lfte1' their own chiefs) the first man in the Sioux nation. The Yanctong-s and Titongs arc the most i r,depcudcnt Indian~ in the world ; they follow the buffalo as chance directs; clothing thcmselvc·3 with the skin, and making their lodg·cs, hr·idlc~, and sacldles of the same materials, the flesh of the animal furlli~hing their food. Possessin~ innumeralJie hct·ds of horses, they arc here this day, 500 miles oiT len days hence, and liud thcmsdvcs c<tu .. dly at home in either pl ace, moving with a rapidity scarcely to be imagined by the inhabitants of the ci,ilized world. Thr trade of the Minowa Kantong, \Vashpctong, Sussitongs, and part of the Yan c ton~5, is all dcri ved from the trader!'! or i\lichilimackinac ; anu the latter of those two hands supply the Yanc· ton ~'i of the llorth, and Titon~s, with the small qua11titi s of iron works which they require. !-'ire arms arc not in much estimation with tlH' rll . The \tVa5hpecoute trade principally with the people of Prairie Des (' biens; but fot· a more particuiJ.r· explanation of th is 5Hhjcct, plc:asc to rc fct· to the t.,bJe.* J he claims of limits of the Sionx nation, are allowed by all thc,ir neighbors, to commence at the Prairie D es Chiens, and as· ccnds the l\1is.,is5ippi on both siues, to the Riviere De Corbeau, up that river to its source; from thence to the source of the St. Peters i from the· nee to the Molltaigne De La Prui ric ; from thence to the .Mi sotlli down that river to the Mahas, bearing thence N . .E. to the source of the rivet' De l\loyen; and front thence to the place of b~gtmng. They also claim a large tenitory south of the M.iss.ou~·t, but how far it extends is uncertain. The country E. of the Mtssrs· sippi, from Hum river' to the H.iviere De Corbcau is likewise in dispute between th 'm ~nd the Chipewuys; and has been the scene of many a slwrp encounter for ncar one hundred and fifty years past. From my lmowlegc of the Sioux nation, I do not hesitate to pronounce them the most warlike and independent nation of Iudians within the boundaries of the United States, their every passion be· ing- subser·vicnt to that of war; but at the same time, their traders feel themselves perfectly secure of any combination being made against thern, but it is extremely necessary to be careful not to in· jure the honor or feelings of an individual, which is certainly the principal cause of the many broils which occur between them. But • Sec table F. appendix to part I, facing p:~gc 66. APPENDIX TO PART I. nevct· was a tt·adc1· known to suffet· in the estim ~1tion of the n :ltior~ hy rc')cn ting- any indignity ofl'cred him; even il' it went to takinrr the lift' of t ~w o~'cnder. Their g·uttural pronunciation ; hig-h chL{'~ bones; t!l~u· vtsagcs, and di~tinct mann rs, tog·ctltc t· \d th th cit· 011'11 ~r·~dlllons,. suppot·tcd hy the testimony of nri g·hbo ri ng· na tioos, puts lt 111 my nund, beyond the shadow of a douht tlrat thc'y have cmigr-. ned from the: N. W. point of America, to which they had come acr·o~s the narrow stn·ig·hts, which in that qtwrtr t· <lividcs the two COIItlOCiltS; and ~u·e absolutely clt:sccndants or a T.~ rtal"'tlll tri be. . Th_e only ycrsonal know] cdr;~ which I have of t11c Chipc:wny nauon, ts restn ctcd to t~1e tribes on the south side of Lake SupcriOI', head wate r's of the ChtJ)CWay river and tl1e St ('r·o· 1 tl . l ' • , IX ; anc lOSC who restde nt Sandy I_ .. nke, L rcch Lake, Hainy L nkc, Heel Lake~ and the hc<~d. of t.he t'lV t·s Houg-e, Mississippi, and De Corheau. They are d~vtded mto lll :.lny hands (like the Sioux) the names of seven °~ winch I am only arquaint cd with . I shall beg-in with those Sw ho res1dc on tl1 e sout 1 · 1 f L l stt eo ake ~uperior·, and on J .akes De . able and s~~ng Sue, with the adjacent country. They arc genetally dcnonnnated by tire traders, by the name of Sautcuxs . but those of the head waters of the Cltipewnys and St. Croix rivet~ arc called F 1 A · s ' . .o s vom 'aute urs. I am unacquain ted with the names of therr clucfs Tl I' s 1 , · 1ose o anc y Lake arc headed by u chief c·11! ·d Cataw:tbata, (ot· De llrechc.) They hunt on the Mille L <tc!>, 'H~d Lak~, and the cast bank of the 1\lississippi, from R 11111 riv .. the r•tve . lJ C b Cl Up to . • • 1 cs 01· ean, and from thence on both sides of tl.e Ii\1' ._ Sl~Slpp 1 l }>' · . IS LakeD o me nvcr; on that 1·r ver ·:~I so U!) the 1\.J' · · · 1.: , 1 . . • ' JSstSSIJ>pl to e ..,,I)Jc, and about I 00 nulcs above th·H hkc '1'1 . f Leech L . . ' ' · 1osc o L akc hunt OllllS streams, 1 ,ake vViniJ)iC ul)I)CI' Heel c . I· ' ake the () . • .. . . ' · ct ·H ' ltet l ,ul Lake, head of the nver· De Col'l>cau 'llld t1 • upper pan of L p . ' • lC Pl· ( , . ower \ed nvcr. Their chief is Lc Gic ulJc auc, ot· l'.sk1bugrckog·e.) R2 d. .T he Crees re~i1 d R 1 I k cl . • eon cc a c, an hunt 111 Its vicinity anci on cd rtvcr. Their first chief's name is \ViscoU[J (ot· I e ~ ' . ) 3d. Tl . . ' , .- •JUCte. St J le Nepesangs r esxde on Lake N ippising, and ou L ake · oseph. 4th. The AI · . an I . . . gon(jmns restde on the lake of the two Moulltoins t arc dtspersed alon ,. tl ·I . . ' Fi·om tl . . g le llOI t 1 5tcle of Lakes Ontano and Eric. liS tnbe the JaiW"Ua r f } l'•j • • and tJ 1 1 . . i:l ge. 0 t lc '-' npcways dcnvcs i t3 name e w I ole nat ton 1s f · 1 · ' 5th. Tl J eq.uent y designated by that appellation. gan, and L~~e Otowuys l'CSidC on the N. vV. side or Lake ~Iiclti· Supcrio1·. Huron; and hunt uctwccn those Jt\kes and Lake- |