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robes of the best quality, and are well disposed 

 towards the whites. 



The We-te-pa-ha-to or Wetepahatoes are a 

 wandering nation, live on the Paduca fork of the 

 river Plate, in an open country ; and raise a 

 great number of horses, which they barter to the 

 Ricaras, Mandans and other nations, for articles 

 of European Manufactures. Including the 

 Kiawas who often live with them, they have about 

 two hundred warriors, and seven hundred souls* 

 They are a well disposed people, are at peace 

 with all their wandering neighbours, to the west, 

 and particularly with the Ricaras, Mandans, 

 Minetares, and Ahwahhaways, whom they occa- 

 sionally visit for the purpose of traffic, but have a 

 defensive war with the Sioux. 



The Kiawas do not materially differ from the 

 Wetepahatoes, who live near, and often with them s 

 in perfect friendship. 



The Kenenavish, or Gens de Vache, reside on 

 the heads of the Paduca's forks of the River Plate, 

 and on the forks of the Chien river. They rove 

 in an open country, like that of the Wetepaha- 

 toes, and carry on the same traffic. Their num- 

 ber is about four hundred warriors, and fifteen 

 hundred souls. 



The Staetan, or Kites, reside on the head wa- 

 ters of the Chien river, and frequently with the 

 Kenenavish ; and very nearly resemble them in 

 all respects. They consist of about one hundred 

 warriors, and four hundred people. 

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