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buffalo, and even at this time elk, antelope, deer, and mountain sheep are found in suffi- 
cient numbers to afford the Indians a moderate support. A portion of this band have 
obtained rifles, and are expert in their use, and the consequence is that they are better 
clothed and less subject to extremes of want than some of their neighbors. ‘They are 
remarkable for having the most handsome women in the nation, who are neat and tidy in 
their dress and modest in their deportment. 
The Mine-kay’-#as are usually found from Cherry Creek on the Shyenne to Slender Butte 
on Grand River, in which section the buffalo, until within a few years, were very abun- 
dant. ‘This band, though peaceable when ruled by good chiefs, has always been very 
wild and independent, seldom visiting the trading-posts either on the Platte or on the 
Missouri, and having no intercourse with white men, except with a few traders during the 
winter season. j 
The Hiink’-pa-pas, Si’-ha-sa’-pas, I-ta’-zip-cos, occupy nearly the same district, and are so often 
encamped near each other, and otherwise so connected in their operations, as scarcely to 
admit of being treated of separately. That part of the country under their control les 
along the Moreau, Cannon-ball, Heart, and Grand Rivers, seldom extending very high up 
on Grand River, but of later years reaching to the Little Missouri. Although the bands 
just mentioned are often stationed near each other, they are sometimes found several 
days’ journey apart, and each is headed by its own chief. Of the leading men, the Little 
Bear Chief is the most prominent. He wields great influence over all the bands, and 
from his youth up he has manifested an intense hatred toward the white man. 
The Two-Kettle band, Wo-he-nom’-pa, confine themselves to the Shyenne and Moreau 
Rivers, seldom going higher on the former river than the mouth of Cherry Creek, but 
passing up and down the Shyenne, Moreau, and Grand Rivers, but not uniting with the 
bands just described. The principal chief of this small band is Ma’-to-to’-pa, or Four Bears, 
aman of moderate capacity, but exercising a good influence on his people. They live 
entirely in the plain country, seldom go to war in any direction, are good hunters and 
shrewd in their dealings with the traders. Very few complaints have ever been made 
against them. They have observed faithfully the stipulations of their treaty with the 
United States, and have always treated white men who came among them, either as traders 
or visitors, with respect, but they are too few in numbers to give direction to the actions 
of large and more powerful bands. Neither contagious disease nor war seems to have 
reduced their numbers, and it is believed that they have remained nearly stationary in 
that respect for the last twenty-five years. Many portions of their country could be cul- 
tivated with success, and with their tractable disposition they could be made an agricul- 
tural people. 
The Cut-Heads and Pine Indians, all come under the head of Yanctonais. In 1833 
