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ceded to the United State an effort was made to reunite the villages but without 

 success, and later when they ceded their lands to the government they conveyed 

 over twenty millions of acres in the territory of Arkansas. Osage. 



In Lewis & Clark's Expedition, Vol. i, p. 17, referring to a stream not far 

 from the Kansas, the following occurs : "To the north are some rocks projecting 

 into the river, and a little beyond them a creek on the same side called Charaton 

 Scarty, that is, Charaton like the Otter. " •< 



Can any one tell me the present name of the stream above mentioned? J. 



1. Is there a work on the geographical distribution of prehistoric remains 

 in America ? 



2. Who can give me the address of the Secretary of the St. Louis Historical 

 Society ? 



3. The address of the President of the Archaeological Institute of America. 



T. L. L. 



Lieut. Pike, who was among the Osages in 1806, says: Chtoka, a little Osage 

 chief, informed him that he was at Braddock's defeat with all the warriors that 

 could be spared from both villages ; that they were engaged by Mr. McCarty, 

 who commanded at Fort Chartres, and who supplied them with powder and ball ; 

 that the general place of rendezvous was near a lake and large fall (probably Ni- 

 agara). The Kansas Indians did not arrive until after the battle, but the Otoes 

 were present. They were absent from their villages seven months and were 

 obliged to eat their horses while returning. Can any one cite me to a confirma- 

 tion of this statement that our western Indian participated in that memorable en- 

 gagement ? Osage. 



The last number of Review asks the origin of the name Chariton. Lewis & 

 Clark spell it Charaton and say it is a corruption of Thieraton, but say nothing 

 more. Some of the old settlers along that river some years ago informed me 

 that it meant "land rich in honey," being famous land for "bee hunters." 



The first survey for the North Missouri Railroad was located and road built 

 along what was known as the "bee trace," a beaten path along the dividing 

 ridge between the waters of the Chariton and those flowing toward the Missis- 

 sippi. The earlier settlers pronounced the name Charataw. G. C. B. 



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