x CONTENTS. 
dance.—Dressing skins.—Council held.—Presents distributed. —Women 
bathing —Plan of hardening horses’ hoofs.—Little Mexican.—Indians 
leave.—Remarks upon traders——New species of Squirrels—Ke-tum-e-see 
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and the 1Dvaik4. Pp 
Bcc senin meni A 
CAMP on THE CLEAR FORK TO CAMP ON THE LOWER BRAROS. 
Survey concluded.—Leave for Fort Belknap.—Deseription of country 
passed over.—Manner of designating Indian Camps by the Delawares.— 
Arrive at Fort Belknap.—Indian Council held.—Bear Head the interpreter. 
—-Description of Fort Belknap,—Lieut. Givings, a true sportsman.—Puma 
chase.—March to Caddo Village.—Description of the Village—Jim Shaw 
and his family—Grasses met with on our trip.—Finish the Survey.—Leave 
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CHAPTER XVI. 
THE INDIANS OF THE COUNTRY. 
Names of the tribes.—John Conner the Delaware Guide—Customs 
among the Delawares.—Traits of character with anecdotes illustrative — 
Descriptions of other tribes—Creek green-corn dance and feast.—Traditions 
3 among the tribes.—Incidents of the Quapaws.—The Camanches, number 
and division.—Supposed origin.—Religious ideas.-Contempt for the whites. 
—Treatment of women.—Customs among them.—Their habits.—Anecdotes 
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