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Show them, except the Yankton ahnah. Th"ir boundaries in that quarter are also undefined: their trade would become much more valuable if peace was established between then1 and the nations west of the Missouri, with whmn they are at war: then· population has rcn1ained nearly the same for many years: they raise an abundance of corn, beans, and n1elons: they sometimes hunt in the country west of then1, towards the Missouri, but their principal hunting is on both sides of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Oisconsin to the mouth of the Illinois river. These people are extremelyfriendlyto the whites, and seldom injure their traders; but they are the most implacable enemies to the Indian nations with whom they are at war. To them is justly attributable the almost entire destruction of the Missouris, the Illinois, Cahokias, J(askaskias, and Piorias . .A. Foxes. B. Ot-tar-gar-me:. C. la Renar. D. Saukee. E. One. F. G. 300. H. 1.200. I. Near the Saukees. J. Merchants of Michilimackinac and St. Loui~.· K. See p. 29, K. . L. 2.500. M. 4.000. N. See page 28, N~ 0. See page 28, 0. P. At Prairie de Chien (or dog plain.) Q. See page 29, Q. R. See page 29, R. < S. See page 29, S. |