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polished and marked with red and black lines. 

 Forty of these sticks are divided between the 

 two persons who play. One wraps up a part of 

 his sticks in grass, the other matches a part of 

 his to them. If they agree in number or colour 

 of the lines, the one that matches wins five, or 

 otherwise loses the same number. The garners 

 always forty. 



On the 18th of May, several parties of Indians 

 arrived from the river Chein, for the purpose of 

 trading, consisting of Dog Indians, Gens-dis-valch, 

 Kaexvas, and Kales. A trader likewise came in 

 from the Assinniboin river. They all assembled 

 at the village, at the mouth of the Warriuna riv- 

 er, and our camp moved up to the same village. 

 The trader soon procured what furs of any value 

 they had to dispose of, and departed. Mr. Pardo, 

 having procured a supply of ammunition, proposed 

 to ascend the Missouri, on a hunting expedition 

 with a party of Grossve?itres^, with whom he 

 was connected by marriage. His wife was the 

 daughter of the chief of this nation. He applied 

 to the chief of our camp, to whom I belonged, 

 whose name is Man-di-tongue-g®, for liberty for 

 me to accompany him. The chief consented 

 that I should go with him, on condition that I 

 should give him a part of the skins I procured, 

 and lent me an old musket. There were three of 



* This name has been spelt wrong- and altered, but still 

 Wrong 1 . The true spelling 1 is found to be Gross-Vantres, or 

 Grossventres. Also, Assinniboin river, is the true spelling-. 



