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Show CHAPTER XIV o T 19T 70 THE 24TH JUN The Villages of he Maniaricsan Knifo River-Intrvew. with h Rulpirs, dhe seconde Vig o o b i M Naton- e e Missour Rie i 0w i K et e M o T Gy B i e Veo Modi Rircr, Lavs i Clrks Wit Ba Rirer-Yellow St iver with a big , cold wind, and clouded sk the 19¢h June, the Assinboin I eft g FortbeingClarke at 60F. The ¢ efs, and.other Tndians, ha oot Tndian, swho wished to return o his own peop -)]mmfll to us to have some resemblance with many parts o n then;;ln bank, there soon appeared those singular hills rejelock we came to Rubptare, the second Mandan vil alittle higher tha the river. All the inhabitants in Mn which is situatedcotlcte o tho bank,and o had taken their station on th the whole prairie was covered vith people, Indians o I the low willow thickets on the bank, the brown, nal ked chil" al the men had fans of cagles feathers i thei hands was surmounded ith ence of palisades; and, with its .,,vmmx clay huts, looked Tike a Ne Il(m,w«»,fl\ere were high poles near the village, on which skinsagesand forothe th o the lord of life, or the sun, and numer we proceeded, the whole ,,...,..hnu, i u dead were scattered about i prm many of their large v olf dogs. Th g the stecp bank on foot and on horsd m'k followed b Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. Al righs reerved |