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Show CHAPTER XXVI T Arkkaras on the Missour are a tribe which, many years ago, separated from th Pawnees, and settled on the Lower Missous, where they inhabitedtyo vllages. At the tim of Lewis and Clarke's travels those Tndians lved on frendly terms with the Whites; but, i consequence of subsequent misunderstandings, they became their most inveterate enemics, and Killed all the trader who ventured into the viiniy of their territory. ~After they had defeate the keelboats of General Ashley, and the unsuccessul expedition of Colonel Leavenworth, the became more insolent. than ever; and, as they had o longe ospect of trading on th |e et S 5 , and settled at a great distance in the praiie, where they are sid to dwell, on the road t sa of the river La Platte. Their villages on the Mis ou have b umm\) s The Arikkaras are tall, robust, wellmado men; some of them are nearly si feet (Pari m n height. Their physiognomy does not materially diffe from that of the neighbourin tribes, especially of the Mandans and Manitaris, and ther women are said t omest on the Missouri, but lso the most licentious, Their costume is lkevi different: from that of the Mandans ; their robes are mostly painted of a reddih-brown "They have renounced the costume, and.the greater part of the customs of the Pavnees. At th time when they lef the Missouri they amounted to between 3000 and 4000 souls, of whom 50 were warriors, and posessed @ grest. many horses and dogs they can now bring 600 men ato the field, and are st a warlke people. Ross Cox, inh powerfl tribe, which i, perhaps, ather too strong an expresson e this people, with which 1 am acquainted, are in Brackenridgd's and Bradbur el yet they are ery meage, though the former had opportunities of abserving them fo Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libvary, University of Utah. Al righs reerved |
