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round it, at the top, and spread out at the bottom. 

 The doors of the tents were made facing each 

 other, before which they made a fire, and some 

 times one in the tent. It was several days be- 

 fore the wounded Indians could be moved, and 

 during our stay the Indians killed a deer, which 

 is called the long tailed deer. It was larger than 

 the red deer, of a darker colour, and with a white 

 belly. Its horns are short, small and somewhat 

 flat; its tail nearly eighteen inches long. They 

 are said to be plenty in these plains. 



The wounded Indians having so far recovered 

 as to be able to be transported, on the 12th, we 

 prepared for our departure, and removed a few 

 miles. The Indians now treated me with a much 

 - greater degree of hospitality, than, from their 

 former conduct, I had any reason to expect. On 

 the 13th, we continued our course to the Kanzas 

 river. This is a handsome stream, about twice 

 as wide as the Osage, and flows through a rich 

 country, but mostly destitute of timber, except 

 on the water courses. We crossed it about forty 

 miles from the mouth. The Kanzas nation of 

 Indians reside near its head waters. On the 

 14th, continued a northwest course in a well 

 beaten path, and the country somewhat hilly. 

 The 15th, crossed a small stream of water run- 

 ning to the northwest, the land hilly, without 

 timber. From this time to the 20th, very little 

 difference in the appearance of the country. 

 On the 20th. came to a branch of the river La 



