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Show CHAPTER XX STAY AT TORT Mo KENZIE, FROM AVGUST 91T T0 SEPTENIER L se-Disinciion confered oo Nioci-Kisi-Affon Il ovitaions-Bapes of th new comens-Trade wit toe ChiesVis o Kutonapi-Dessof Marti,the Engagé-Dispte accsoaed. by ft-Rile t0 Soow e SRt Body o lackfsctTheeprncpa Clif, Tatsiki-Somsk-War Party of the Siksckai-A Party of Blood Tndians, wid b i, Sk SoakDefen ofoue Tncnsion o prosed fter-The Bl of e Fort-Prepraions fo e Voyage dovn the Missur to Fort Uion Fonr Mo Kexae, at the time of our arrival, was inhabited by people of several nations, an pains were taken to oceupy the motley multtude in various ways. Handierafismen, of variou Kinds, were sct to work, and our hunters, among whom were two \p.v\\m(\ifimn the neighbour ted. Y et all these people wer Fe, were sent out whenever circumstance permitted cmployed, and measures were, therefore, {aken to reduce the number. - Havin made our arrangements on the first day of our arrival, and viewed. the Indian c old .;.n,brown leather tents, we were invited, o ',\wlw\hmumda_\, toge a by the Blackfoot chicf, Mehksk Mr. Mitchell o Sukabs (the iron shirt) prococded o a large circle in the midle of the camp, enclosed ith & km«l of fence of bo of trees, which contained part of the tents, and was designed to confine ceremony, on spread out on the lef hand of the chief, round the fire in the ntr of the tent, which was enclosed in cirl of stones, an a dead silence prevailed. a tall, robust man, who at this time had no other clothes than his breccheloth; neither wome Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. All thls reserved |