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reside in the same village with the Ottoes,. and 

 accompany them in their hunting excursions. 



The Ottoes, with whom the Missouries reside, 

 were descendants from that nation, but now view 

 them as their inferiors, and sometimes treat them 

 with abuse. They have about one hundred and 

 twenty warriors, and five hundred souls ; claim 

 no exclusive possession, and hunt on the Saline 

 and Nimmehaw rivers, and the plains which are 

 westward of them. Their hunting and cultivating 

 the ground is similar to that of the Kanzas and 

 Osage. They raise corn, beans, squashes, pump- 

 kins, and tobacco. These two nations are at war 

 with the Great and Little Osage, Mahas, Poncars, 

 Sioux, Kanzas, and Loups ; and at peace with 

 the Panis proper, Saukees, and Ranars. 

 . The Panis proper, reside on the same rive:-, 

 fifteen leagues further up, on the south side. 

 Their number of warriors is four hundred, and 

 about sixteen hundred people. Their hunting 

 ground extends over fertile, well watered plains, 

 interspersed with groves of timber, especially 

 along the water courses, and abounding with 

 game. They are friendly and hospitable to white 

 people ; pay great respect to traders, with whom 

 they are punctual in the payment of their debts. 

 They cultivate corn, beans, melons, pumpkins, 

 and tobacco. They are at war with the Great 

 and Little Osage, Panis pique, Kanzas, La Play, 

 Sioux, and Ricaras ; and at peace with the Loups-, 

 Mahas, Poncars, Ottoes, and Ayauwais. 



