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hair is long, and neatly tied up, forming a club 

 behind. Broad silver clasps are worn on their 

 arms, wrists and ankles. They also, like the 

 men, wear a buffaloe robe. 



Their villages are built along the banks of the, 

 river. The houses stand in two rows, on a 

 straight line, with a wide street between them. 

 They build their houses with split logs, laid up in 

 a neat manner, and cover them with split boards. 

 They are generally about tenor twelve feet wide, 

 and from twenty to forty feet long ; and some of 

 the chiefs have them sixty feet in length. The 5 

 height is from eight to ten feet ; and having no 

 window or chimney, they have an aperture at 

 the top for the light to come in, and the smoke to 

 go out. They have only one door, which is 

 usually closed with a buffaloe skin. These peo- 

 ple live in a more neat and cleanly manner 

 than is common among these western tribes. 



The Osage nation claim an extensive country 

 for their hunting ground, and do not admit the 

 other nations to make encroachments upon it. It 

 abounds with all the wild game common to this 

 country ; such as the elk, buffaloe, dear,bear, wolf, 

 cabree, or antelope, ground hog, beaver, otter, 

 and mink. 



The title of their chiefs is hereditary. The 

 great chief assumes authority over those of an in- 

 ferior grade j and his power in many respects is 

 dispotic. But he dare not engage in any great 

 enterprize, nor make war or peace, without calling 



