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S w fh'^^oSn""! ' ^"^ ''"' oPPOf'iinily 1" observe. Its leneth cannot 

 te less than 350 mtles ; in which distance, there are Iwoprincipf bends-!- 



onlJ 2 , 'T '" ^^ •■""' '"""" ^'"S lerminated by a faM, said o be thl 

 on y obstacle tons enure nav.galioi.. From this ci>cums taiice the unne? 

 Trl ';"™^'°''',°L'°"'"''«""'^ "><> Sioux calhns it (i^X ;, alX, 

 or Crooked nver ; and the French la rhiire Croche. Inflows throi c^h a beaS 



of tie St I eter sand Missouri, have always kept lip summer establish 



seats 0? "he ^ear "'" '""''^'""^ '""^'''^ '" ^ °'^' ^^''h here at alf 

 dalo Token "oVTj'^h" m""^*' "*•"''' ?'"<='■ """ *.s river Tchan.kasa- 



JJL K^SSf ""-?-" ^x^:i^ 



jmiJn?^. conspicuous in the eyes of those among whom he was s" 



'^"''"''Tafci' whS'^h^l'' '"f .''"'S' miles long. It issues from two 

 Wa^sechn, jX'wSA *■ '■^"ch have named Lac, au.v Bois legers- 

 or Venmi- '-.'ghl-wood lakes. Near its entrance into the Missouri it forks • 

 I,o„r„er. owing ,o a remarkable promontory that juts out of the p ° ?fe' 



not lime to ecoum T?'' ""'*'^ "^""T, ™"»"'i<= '^''''i''''^ th^l ha" e 



we™ the Vh" T" ?^ "'■ ="" '^''"'"^ prairil, al!ou 50 mfe oi . b1 

 tween the Ichan-lcasndata and the Missouri rivers ■• lnvin» .VmV,„ L 



oZosn;"',"';^'"™!^'^? "'"' '"'' ^""'^- Sni'ofT,: 1 e V 1 mi' 



lies the hydro^raphical basin of the Upper Missouri Rnf ZfnLT u 



Bluffs and tir.SuJh rfTe Pla^t"e ri™r °" '"' *'""''"' '"'"^^" '^•°""''' 



of?h''ls7e';;r^Th:;wm'tetu„1^r''"''''''=''l,'"^"'°"'•" '" "PP™"- A 

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