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Show H. 200. I. With the Mahas. . J. Merchants of St. Louis. K. No place of trade latterly. L. See page 20, L. M. See page 20, M. N. See page 17, N. 0. See page 20, 0. P. S~e page 1 7, P. Q. See page 20, Q. R. See page 21, R. S. The ren1nant of a nation once respectable in point of numbers. They formerly resided on a branch of the R driver oflake Winnipie: being oppressed by the Sioux, they removed to the west side of the Missouri, on Poncar river, where they built and fortified a vi1lage, and remained son1e years; but being pursued by their a?cient ene. mies the Sioux, and reduced by continual wars, they have joined, and now reside with the Mahas, whose language they speak. A. Ric'aras. B. Star-! ah-he. C. la Ree. D. Pania, with a different accent, and a ntnnber of words peculiar to themselvei. E. Three. F. G. 500. H. 2.000 I. On the S. W. side of the Missouri, 1.4.40 rnile6, from its mouth. J. Merchants of St. Louis. K. At their villages. L. 2.500. M. 6.000. • N. Buffaloe robes principally, a small quantity of beaver, small foxes and grease. 0. Buffaloe robes, tallow and grease, skins of beaver, s1nall and large foxes, wolves, antelopes and elk in great abundance: also, some otter, deer and grizzly bears. P. About the mouth of the river Chyenne, on the Missouri, or at the mouth of the Yellow Stone River. Q. \Vith the Crow Indians, Snake Indians, Panias Loups, Assinnibains, Nemosen, Alitan, la Plays, and Paunch Indians. · R. Chyennes, Wetepahatoes, Kiawas, Kanenavich, Staetan, Cattako, Dotame, Castahanas, Mandans, Ah-wah-haway's, Minetares, and partially with the Sioux. S. Are the remains of ten large tribes of Panias, who have been reduced, by the small pox and the Sioux, to their present nuinber. 1"'hey live in fortified villages, and hunt immediately in their neighborhood. The country around them, in every direction, for several hundred miles, is entirely bare of timber, except on the water courses and steep declivities of hills, where it is sheltered from the ravages of fire. The land is tolerably well watered, and lies well for cultivation. The remains of the villages of these people are to be seen on many parts of the Missouri, from the mouth of 1'etonc ri\·er to the Mandans. 1'hey claim no land except that on which their villages stand, and the fields '\vhich thC'y cultivate. The Tetons clairn the country around them. Though the:y are the oldest inhabitants, they may properly be considered the farmers or tenants at will of that lawless, savage and rapacious race the Sioux Teton, who rob then1 of their l~orses, plunder their gardens and fields, and somettmcs 1nurder them, without opposition. If these people wer.e freed from the op. pression |