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Show 430 cherry Jizzard gopher sun flower racoon water snake small beetle bee centipede plum aAclepias buffalo skull prairie snake buff a} o bull buffolo cow antelope head fish young badger pom vone em ho mi o tah hoi ist nc know vist an no tuts is se vote o ne ine 1p po u t mo quis tun a (' ut. Ex. Doc. ·No. 41. Verbs. mah ne mick how tah wis is te mah ho e nus mach coon ne e kis meush kis ha nome roc-shim me men ne min mah ton I must mah to ah mik sa so nit tan o to wah mah no vo ka nah mik co co na no m11u• tehon to shoot to cover to ride to hide to roast. to boil to undo to wrap to write to .break Nah-mou t entered my room durin th d looking-glas frame th t ] h d b g e. ay and . howcd m ;. . ( a le a een makmg W'tl I d' o. hence ' he ha' <l been at wor k on I. t f or two d . . . h'1 l n tan PJ-d have made it in half an hour. ay., a w 1te man cou In thC' evening some Mo ·m . . a b ou t e1· g 11 ty mt- 1c ' ~ west of 1t l ·0. 1 1 1c am e 1 n from n ear t h (' " J> e u L1 o ' ' · pumpkins and eor.n. neither ~~ ~ ace; they brought us some g-reer been cultivate<] A' 1 • 0 1 t. h fe sweet potatoe nor thr cabbage ha~ the pods of •t ill' · unt e ort w · ca tl b f . 111yrt'u u· a pro b osct<. I ca . c n ga ler great num ers o . TJn . afternoon' "Ah ·mah- na h-co" brou h . . . w1th wtld chrrricA one of t} ·k· . , _g t 1J1e two :-~ktns fdleci other from a young bad 1 ~"' ;n was from ~ young racoon, thl I did not care mu ·h t gler. hs t H'Y were stuJlcd out of all shape, obliging to ' me th·\t Io <k r awt ht em but t ' h 1 1 ] · d 1 ' . lC a< Jecn 'O po 1te an l c c < them 1 l f '- · which he felt so delighted that ht· b. n bore ).r to gratl y utm, at measure for a pair of moccasins. 1 oug t ius squaw to take my September 7.-I commenceJ 1 • ture for Santa Fe I pu h .ln earnest prrpanng for my depar · rc a~ru some "par flee he," buffc1lo !lkin, ( Ex. Doc. No. 41. 431 dressed o as to form a t-llll 1t , · d res mLhng srtddler's Ieath r, and is used for pack saddl es, harness, and so forth. I purchast'd some moccasins to-day, th y were made of buffalo skin, dressed without the hair, ancl ha1l the fronts ornamented with a figur worked in, b<'ads, intended to imitate a squaw. They have only one seam, that i on the outer sicle of the foot, the ·kin being doubled over; the inside line is perfectly straight. These pc ·u liarities mark the Cheyenne mocca<;in. I got one pair made of antelope skin that ha\ e fring •,' attached to the heel one foot t en inches long; these cannot b • worn convenient} y except by horsemen. In mud ely weather the Indians braid all their fringes to prevent them from being soiled. They 'ay that these fring •s . ecure their lrg" from being bitt<•n hy the rattlesnake. In the evening, I procured a spe ' imen of the little plover, and set to work to tran f r it to my sk tch book, when olcl "Nab-comen c" c~mc in bringing me a ·ouple of buffalo tongue•.. I asked him why he had not been to :ee me before; he, in reply , crook cl his forefin~ers slightly, putting them by the side of his head, to signify buffalo, then dropping his hands a little, with the backs up, commcnce<l moving them downwards, a· if passing them over " globe; after which, he brought his hand ' up in front with the fingers carefully k~pt distind, to signify many, thrn joining the tips of hi fingers and thumbs, mov£'d them b?cl an<l forth towards hi mouth, to signify eating, aud conf'ludt•d Ius g<·sturcs by stretching the for •fingers and thumbs apart, a if to :pan som •thing; he place<l his hand near hi stoma<'h, and moYed it up along hi' body until the mu el , connecting the thumb and for •finger, rested in his mouth, to signify that he was full up to tlH· nwuth. AJJ of which meant that he had a hl'ap of buffalo meat, and that ht• had been catinJt until h · wv. · full up to the mouth . The young men had ret urncd laden with the spoils of a successful foray amongst the buffalo. Althou~h the first time . ince January that they ha,•e had abundance, our friend· bad not forgotten to gorge themselves in accordance with the cuRtom of Indian fe tiYities. For the last two <lays, they had Lecn feasting from morning until night, and from night until moruing, dnring whieh time 1 .hav not . l'Cn an Indian ncar th · fort. Thi evening a party of trttmster.' arrived; thl'y ~ccmed to be very in '\l hord inate, ancl refused to go on to ~'an t.1 F •, al though t h c troops there mu.'t be grratly iu want of provision~. Tl' cy aid, "we engaged to go to Bent's fort, and we will g-o no further.'' The cattle and wagons belong to the government, and tht'se ind ependent charact r had so wofully nt·glcctcd them, that the oxen greatly neetled rest, and the wagons repairs. Tuesduy, S eptembc1· 8.-1 sp •nt this morning emplo) cd in taking the dimensions of Bent's fort. It rcquirrtl some time to complete all the measurem ents. Thr structure is quit' complPx; they may, however, be useful in giving one au idea of the forts that ('an be built in that country . The roof and walls of clay cannot be set on fire, and the thi ckness of the walls renders them impenetrable to |