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Show 12 .APPeNDIX TO PART If.· to the ridge pole. The whole of the building and sides arc covere(l with mtltting made of rushes, of two or three feet in length, and four feet in width, which are joined togethc1·, and entirely exclude the rain. The doors arc in the ~ide of the building, and generally arc one on each side. The fires a1·e made in holes in the centre of the lodge ; the smoke ascending th1·ough apertures left in the roof for the purppse; at one end of the dwelling is a 1·ui~cd platform, about three fe et ft·om the ground, which is covered with bear skins, and generally holds all the little choice furniture of the master, and on which r~.:pose his honorable guests. In fact with neatness aud a pleasing companion, they would compose a very comfortable and pleasant summer habitation, but arc left in the winter for the woods ; they vary in lcn~;;th from 35 to 100 feet. The Osage natjon is divided into three villages, :md in a few years you rnay say nations, viz; LP~ Grand Osage, the Liulc Osage, and those or the Arkansaw. The Little Osage separated from the Big Osage, about 100 years since; and thei1· chiefs on obtaiuin~ pennis::.ion to lead forth a colony from the great council of the nution, moved oil to the ) is· souri, but after some years finding themselves too hard pressed by their enemies, they again obt,1incd permission to rctum, and put themselves under the protection of the grand \illagc, and settled down about 6 miles off. (Sec chart.) The Arkansaw scbism was eff-ctcd by Mr. PietTe Choteau, 10 or 12 years a~o, as a revenge oo Mr. Manuel De Sczci, \vho had obtained from the Spanish g·ovcrnmcnt the exclusive trade of the Osage nation, by the way uf the Osag·c river, after its IH\\·ing been in the hands of Mr. Choteau fur ncady 20 years. The latter having the tnllk uf the Arkansaw, thereby nearly rcnt!cred abortive the exclusive privilege of his rival. lie has been vai11ly promising to the govcmment, that he would hrin~; them back to join the grand village. But his reception at the Arkansaw village, in the autumn of 1 ~06, must have nearly cured him of that it!ca. And in fact, every reason induces a belief, that the other villages arc much more likely to join the Arkansaw, (which is daily bec0ming more power· ful) than the latter to return to its ancient rel:lidencc. For the Grand and Little Osage arc both obliged to proceed to the Arkansaw every winter, to kill the summer's provision; also all the natious with whom they are now at war, arc situated to the westward of th<lt river, and from whence they get all thcit· horses. Those induce· mcnts arc such, th:.\l the youn~, the bold, and the cntcrprisin~ arc APPENDIX TO PART II. IJ) daily emigmting from the Osage . 11. In fact, it would become the int , . ~1 <~fgc, to the Arkansaw village. C1 e s t 0 OU1' gO\' C1'11111 t t age that cmigTation . i r 11 • • , en .o cncour- ' J ''t y UJicnd to t'ncourarrc t!. . ~t'lllwwut of Uj1j1cr Louisi . . . ~ tC l'.l.'tntszou of tlz~ . ana, but iJ on the contr . ( 1 • j1ollcy) every mctiJOd slwu/l b 1 k . mY ltmr tnu: t!te .11/issouri. t e a Ln to jlrcveJZt t/u·ir elongation from Th y arc considered by the nations to tl them, as a bl'avc and w· l'lik . . lC south and west of ' 1 c n.ltwn ; but ·1rc b fol· the northern nations I k '. y uo mcmls a match , w 10 ma ·c usc ol the rille •I bat them two for ouc \\ hilst tl . . . ' " lO can com- ' ' tcy ugam may figl t tl bows, anows, and lances at the . d" .l lOSe nrmcd with ·. . same tsproportwn. lllc humane pohcy which the U . I . the Indian nations of "Cc I . llllec States klxc hc:ld forth to ' " om mo, aung thci1· d' ff · · mediators between them I . 1 c1 cnccs, and acting as ' 1.1s succeeded to · . J • of the Grand villan·e awl tl L' I 0 a mu ac c wlth the Osage ,.., ' u lC Itt c sa~c I ·I . come a nation of Qt1akc,.. . . . . n s 101 t, t 1l ey have be· :;, .ts lt respects tl · and cast of them . at tl . . 1C nat1ons to the north ' 1c sc~n1c ttmc that the . · on the nakod and dcfcnc 1 . . . . . y conUinlc to make war 1 . c es:; savages of the west A . t 1e11· forbearanc. e W•'l S ex• 1 .1. 1 b · n m stancc of H )ltcc y an att· k d ty of the Little Os:.wc 1.11 tl ''.c ma c on a hunting- par-b , 1c autumn of 180H 1 • • of the Osag-e by a lH\rt f }> • , on llc grand river 11 . • • • ' • • Y o otowatom1Cs wl . !V1rssoun by the S · r . I r ' 10 crossed the ri vel' ·' me, .tJH wund the wom I • I . and dcfenccle"s 1'1 c 1 ,\lie children alone .,. · le men 50 o1· 60 1 · the day bcfo1'C In I ' d , lavll1g found plenty of deer ' ' { cncampc out all ni ,.ht Tl the camp about I 0 o'cl ·J· . I . g . IC enemy struck oc ... Ill t lC 11101'11111{; kill ' I . I boys who m:lllc resistance alr..·o . . 'f. cc a I the women and . ' ·~ SOllie lll Hllb • tJ I amountwg to 34 and led i t . . ' lC w lolc llUtllbcr· '' n o cnpt1nty ne·lr sixt f . . were afterw;.u·cls recovered by tl U . . , y, orty-s1x ol whom P . • IC nacd States '\1 1 . 1otectiOn to the villwc \'"1 I ' ' lC sent under mv tl . 'o • v 1Cn t 1e men rctt . . I . ley found their families a ll des . . II ~c< to the camp, ratot· had 1 · . • r • · ll oyed, or taken prtsoners 1\,r ' ns WltC and {our 1 ·11 . · n Y nnr-obcdicnce to the injunction~~~ \~·~~~;rk:l~~.d o.n the spot! ! and yet in revenge the blow! ! gt c ... \t f<~thcr, they forcbore to As an· lllstancc of the great infl c over this nation . tile r ll • . u n ee the French fonncr1y had k ( . ' 10 ow1ng- anecdot . b . ' a ahas W ct Stone) . 1 "t I 0 c may e mtercsting: Chto- '' ~re at, with all tl ,t .... 1 t c sage ' " Sat·< 1 1l e was at Bt·audock's <lc • 1C W:11'J'IOI'S wh ld 1 · - :: ~lat they were cngag·cd ;JY l\~,,~~~'C·)~ ·S~)arcd from both villages; hartrcs, and who su) >li . :ll tw, w!Jo commanded ::~t fort cl gcncJ•aJ place of rc d J I cd them with powder and ball ; that the- '' p osc NJ' agnra ) the Kn · ez.v oI'u s was ne.·'u · a J· k 1 .t e anc Jaq~·e fall (sup- '' tl tat the Otos . .tns c td not '' \ITJ\' e untt'1 a f't er the battle. but "ere present. Thcv"' rc. I r ' • '1 )Sent n·om theit dlJagc |
