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to March ; treat them with respect, and seldom 

 attempt to rob them. 



Mindawawarcarton band extend their hunting 

 ground from the mouth of the Saint Peters, to 

 the Crow-wing river, on both sides of the Mis- 

 sissippi,, They live in tents of dressed leather, 

 which they transport by means of horses and dogs, 

 and ramble from place to place during the greater 

 part of the year ; and yet are the only band of 

 the Sioux, who cultivate corn, beans, and other 

 vegetables. Their land is level, fertile, and well 

 watered. To their own traders they are friendly,, 

 but inveterate to those who carry merchandise to 

 their enemies, the Chippeways. 



Wahpacoota band rove in the country west of, 

 Saint Peters, from a place called Hardwood to 

 the mouth of the Yellow Medicine river : never 

 stationary only when their traders are with them, j 

 which is not at any fixed time ; a great portion- 

 of their country is open plains, and tolerably ; 

 fertile. They barter the articles they receive 

 from the traders, with the Yanktons andTetons,- 

 who live west of them, for horses, robes, andi 

 leather tents or lodges. 



Sissatone band hunt on Saint Peters and upper 

 portions of Red river of Lake Winnipie, which! 

 Is a level, plain, fertile country, free of stones,; 

 and intersected with small lakes. It abounds 

 with fur animals, the beaver, otter, and marten, i 

 which enables them to purchase more merchan- 

 dise, in proportion to their number, than their : 



