EXPLANATIONS. 



The following alphabet has been used in rendering Arapaho 

 words : — 



Owing to the changed conditions under which the Arapaho 

 now live, and to the comparatively short time that the writer 

 was among them, the information presented in this paper 

 could not be obtained to any extent from direct observation, 

 but only by questioning. Unless the opposite is stated or is 

 obviously the case, all statements in this paper are therefore 

 given on the authority of the Indians, not of the writer. In 

 some cases explanatory remarks by the writer have been dis- 

 tinguished by being enclosed in parentheses. 



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