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mine has been discovered north of these moun- 

 tains, on a branch of the Arkansas river. 

 Indians and hunters likewise report, that in 

 these mountains there are several silver mines. 



It has been already mentioned, that Ozark 

 Post and village is on the Arkansas, fifty miles 

 above its mouth. At this post an Ensign's com- 

 , mand is stationed, which is a detachment from 

 the Captain's company, at Fort Pickering. The 

 village contains about sixty families, chiefly 

 hunters and traders ; many of them the mixed 

 breed of Indian and white, and all of them intol- 

 erably lazy and indolent. But the soil is exceed- 

 ingly rich, producing every thing committed to it 

 in great luxuriance. Twelve miles above this 

 station is the village of Ozark, or Arkansas In- 

 dians, and six miles further are two more large 

 villages. Their warriors are computed at one 

 hundred and thirty, and about seven hundred in- 

 habitants. They are friendly to all nations, ex- 

 cept the Osage. Although they speak the same 

 language, they are at perpetual war with each 

 other. There are some smaller villages father 

 up ; and at the distance of about forty or fifty 

 miles, the hills begin to rise on the south side 3 

 and about three hundred miles further, they be- 

 come lofty, inaccessible mountains. 



On the head waters of the Arkansas, a band of 

 Osage Indians reside, who have separated from 

 that nation on the Osage river. Their village is 

 large, and their hunting ground a most excellent 

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