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Show APPENDIX TO PART II. diametc1·, m the centre of which is a small leather rin~ attached to leather thon gs, which is extended to the hoop, and by that means hl'('ps it iu its central position ; they also have a pole of about 6 feet 1 in length, which the player holds in one hand, and th~n rolls the lwop from him, and immccliutely slides the ~ole a~tet: tl, ancl the ne •• rcr the head of the pole lies to the small nng wttlnn the hoop, (wbcn they both fall) the greater is the cast. B~t I couldJwt ascertitin their mode of counting, sufl'tcicntly to dec ale when the game was won. J\nothcr game is played with a small st ~ c k, .with several hooks, ,1ncJ a hoop about four inche5 cliam ter, whtch 1s rolled along the g round, and the forked stick darted <~fte t· it, ':het~ the value of tl~c calit is csumated by the hook on whtch th(' nn~ 1s caug-ht. Thts game is gained at 100 . . The thit·d game al.lud ecl to, is that of La Platt , described by vanous travellers, and ts played at hy the women, cl,ilclrcn, aud old men, who like gl'asshoppcrs, crawl out to the ci rcns to ba~k iu the su n, probably covered only with an old buffalo robe. . The J>a" uccs, like the Osage, quil their villag-eo;; in the wllltcr, lllaking- concealments under grouncl of tl1cir corn, in which it keeps pl rfcctly sound \llltil spting. The only nutions \\ith "1_10m the J> , wnccs arc now at war, arc t 11 e 'l ' eta. Hs, u t·, tI 1"., , •·\ tlCI K}·•'I W:.li': S. The t\~O latter or whom reside in the mountains of Nol'th 1\lc':mo, and ~bal l be treated of, when I speak of t be Spa11 ish I n<lians. The former gcnct·ally iuhabit the borders of the t.:pper l{cd river, Ar· kan~aw, and Rio del Norte. . The war has been carne· c.1 on 1) y t 11 ose n.·l t'w ns· 1r'o r y·cars ' w1th· out any decisive action being fought, althou gh they frec1ucutly march "ith 2 or SOO men. . The Pawnees ha\c much the advantage of lh<:ir enemies 111 p~int of a1 ms, having :lt least one half fire arm!:l, whilst their oppo· nents h~n eon!) bows, :.\ rrows, lances, shields and sl ings. . The P <nvnces always march to wat· on foot, their cncn.IIC~ arc all c~walry. Tllis nation may be considered as the one equH.hswnt bctwccn tile sl anish population, and th.-t or 0\11' scttlc lll tlltS o! Loll· isiana, but arc at prcscut dtc..idcdly under ~pa lll. s I1 I. ll fl ucn cc ' and ~hould a w::r commence to-nwrrow, \\ Ollie! all he in thcit• interest. This circun1stance cI ocs not an.s c !'r om t I tc.t r I ora I !> .I l u.t I 1. 0n , bccaliSC they arc all sit uutccl on ll i.l\ igahlc wutcrs of 1 hc M is~ouri; n~r from the it· intcl e~t, bee . usc fro n1 tl1e S.p ~Ult·- lrch they <Jbtal•l 'l not 111 1w". ex· ccpt horses and a [.c w coa rse I>Ia ll I, et~ cd ''v:. ·''f <.:.'. .. !CO; ' vh ibt Jr. onl I\S they fCCCl.Y C all lhl".l l' supplt<. . SO f t11"111S · · HI clothlll~· 1 <.111l i1Hllllllvll, ;\I APPENDIX TO PART II. 17 hut all those articles in very small quantities. not more than half havin~ a blanket, and many without breech cloths to cover th eir na· kedncss. But the grand principle by which the Spaniards keep them in thc~it· influence, is fear; frequ ently chastisi11g their small pa1·tics on thcit· frontiet·s. Thei1· sending out the detachment of 600 horsemen in 1806 has made such an imprcssiott, that they may safely calculate on them in case of war. This detachmcut took with them some of the P awnees to Chihuahua, at the same time [ entcr·ed the Spanish provinces. llut, by withholding their supplies of arms, ammunition, :mcf clothing- one or two years, bt·in ~ing- on their bucks the Osage and Kans, they wou ld be in great distr·<.:ss, and led the nccc!,Sity of a good undet·standing with the United States. If there should ever be factories established for their· accomodation, they should be at the CIHt·ancc or the La P bttc and Kalis ~ivc1·s, as those waters arc of so uncc1tain navi gation, \ ouly i11 lreshcs) that it •,vould be folly to nttcmpt any permanent establishments high up them; and to make those establishm ·nts useful to the Pawnees, we must presuppose 0111· inlluencc sullicicnt to gna· rantec to them pc.trc and a safe pa-;sag-c through the nutions of the Kans, Otos, and .l\lissourics; the fcJI'Jucr 0 11 the Kans ri vet·; the two Jattcl' on the ri' ct· Platte. 1\l) jomncy "ill give vurious other stt·iki~g traits of the 111tional chal'actcr of the Pawnl'cs, and my eli'>· sct·tutton on the !>uhjcct of the Spanish cl.~ims, will further elucidate the political and rclaLive ~i tuat ion of that nation. The Kuns at'C a small n.ttion, !:lituatcd on the rl\'C t· of that name (sec the chan , and at·e in langu tge, llltlllltCI's, CU5totns, and a~t·icul~ tut·al pu rsuits, precisely sitnilat·Lo the o~age : with whont I hcliev{~ them, as bcfor' observed, to have !~u<l one common ol'ig·in . It may be said, ho11 ~ver, th .ll their lan~;u..l~C clifrcrs in some degree, but not more than the dtalect of our eastcru ::.tates, oitfcrs fiom that of the southu·n. . llut in wa t·, the} arc yet mot·c br.tvc th:.~n tht•ir Osug brethren~ bcmg \ althoug·h not more than one third theit· numbel'J ti H:it· nw!>t dl'eadcd cncmicl$1 and frc r1ucntly m,ddng the Pawuees u·ctnl>le. The T etaus or Cam,mchc, us the Spauiar·ds term them, P.tdouca. s by the Pawnees, arc a powerful uutiou, wl1ich arc <;ntil dy crrJ.tic ) Without the least species of cultivation, aml subsisting- solely b) the chase. Hut their wanderings are conflncu to the frcmtlt.rs <>f • cw .1\Jcxico on the west; the nations on the Lowet· Red ti•cr on the S. the P"wuccs and Osage on the E. a tel lhe Utahs, Ky<nvays, uncl vari- |