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among them, but could not succeed. There is 

 said to be one remarkable trait in the character of 

 the Osage Indians, in which they differ, perhaps, 

 from all other tribes ; they are extremely averse 

 to ardent spirit, and few of them can be persuaded 

 to taste it. 



Below the Great Osage, on the waters of the 

 Little Osage, Saint Francis and other streams, 

 are a number of scattered bands of Indians, and 

 two or three considerable villages. These bands 

 were principally Indians, who were formerly out-' 

 casts from the tribes east of the Mississippi., 

 Numbers have since joined from the Delawares, 

 Shawanoes, Wayondott and other tribes towards 

 the lakes. Their warriors are said to be five or 

 six hundred. They have sometimes made excur- 

 sions and done mischief on the Ohio river, but 

 the settlements, on the Mississippi have suffered' 

 the most severely by their depredations. 



