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sippi from the Quapaw towns, they encamped during the night of 
August 2 on an island, “for our greater Safety, for we were then 
come into an Enemy’s Nation, call’d Machigamea, which put our 
Indians into great Frights.” 
Pére Anastasius Douay, also a member of the party, had very little 
to say about their stop among the Quapaw, only that “ We visited 
three of these villages, the Torimans, the Doginga, and the Kappa; 
everywhere we had _ feasts, harangues, calumet-dances, with every 
mark of joy.” (Shea, (2), p. 220.) Evidently his notes were faulty, 
as no mention was made of the fourth town. 
When La Harpe made his journey into the region bordering the 
Mississippi some distance above New Orleans he encountered the 
Quapaw, and in his journal referred to them as the Alkansa, and 
said: “La nation Alkansa, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle sort des 
Canzés [Kansa] etablis sur le Missouri, est située sur le bord du 
Mississipi dans un terrein isolé par les ruisseaux qui l’environnent; 
elle se divise en trois villages, Ougapa, Torisna et Tonginga, éloignés 
dune lieue les uns les autres, et renfermant ensemble quatre cents 
habitans; leur principal chef est celui des Ougapas; les Sotoiiis le 
reconnaissent aussi pour le leur; ils Sotouis le reconnaissent aussi 
pour le leur; ils sont tous sortis de la méme nation et parlent le 
méme langue.” (La Harpe, (1), p. 317.) Elsewhere he referred to 
reaching the “riviére Blanche, qui court dans le nord-ouest du coté 
des Osages,” which entered the “riviére des Sotoiiis,” or Arkansas, 
4 leagues from the Mississippi. Here stood a village of the Sotoiiis, 
consisting of 40 habitations and having a population of 330. 
Nearly a century elapsed between the time of La Harpe’s visit to 
the country occupied by the Quapaw and the journey performed by 
Nuttall. On February 27, 1819, when the latter was ascending the 
Arkansas River, he wrote: “In the course of the day we passed the 
outlet of the bayou, or rather river, Meta, which diagonally traverses 
the Great Prairie, also two Indian villages on the south bank [of the 
Arkansas]... . The first was the periodical residence of a handful of 
Choctaws, the other was occupied by the Quapaws.” (Nuttall, (1), 
p- 91.) This was near the line between Lincoln and Desha Counties, 
Arkansas. Some distance beyond, apparently at some point in the 
present Jefferson County, on March 11, 1819, he saw other native 
villages, but whether occupied by Quapaw or some other tribe was 
not told. However, they were probably Quapaw settlements. On 
that day: “ Passed Mr. Embree’s, and arrived at Mr. Lewismore’s. 
Six miles above, we also saw two Indian villages, opposite each of 
those settlements . . . The Indians, unfortunately, are here, as usual, 
both poor and indolent, and alive to wants which they have not the 
power of gratifying. The younger ones are extremely foppish in 
