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was rather pleasant to most of the members of our party. 

 The Upsaroka or Crow Indians, are said to anoint themselves 

 with castor. 



To the acute sense of smelling of the Indian, the odour of 

 the white man is far from pleasant, and is often particularly 

 remarked by the squaw to be offensive. 



Their sense of hearing is remarkably acute; ordinary con- 

 versation amongst the men, as we have before observed, is 

 conducted in a low tone of voice; often when you suppose 

 from the compass of the speaker's voice, that he is addressing 

 a person at his elbow, he is, in reality, directing his discourse 

 to one on the opposite side of the room, or at a considerable 

 distance. The ordinary conversation of the women is in a 

 much louder tone than that of the men. Partial deafness, 

 however, is not uncommon. 



The memory of the Omawhaw is exceedingly retentive. 



The Omawhaw seldom renders himself unhappy with 

 gloomy anticipations of the future, but almost literally takes 

 " no care for the morrow." He will say to his squaw, " cook 

 what meat you have, for the Wahconda will give us more 

 to-morrow, and if not to-morrow, next day, and if never, let 

 us eat what we have got." 



They have but little mechanical ingenuity, but an indivi- 

 dual of this nation, who is now no more, without acquiring 

 any knowledge of the white people, as far as we could learn, 

 mended the guns and traps of his countrymen, when not too 

 seriously injured. But they have not attempted to repair 

 either, since his death. 



They rarely construct skin canoes; they make war-clubs, 

 rude saddles, hair ropes, stone pipes, wooden bowls, horn 

 spoons, and many personal ornaments. 



The squaws make mockasins and leggings variously orna- 

 mented; and handsome necklaces, wrought with beads of dif- 

 ferent colours, which are symmetrically strung upon red 

 silk, or thread coloured with vermillion. In the manufacture 



