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escape, should certain probable incidents occur, it 
may not be inconsistent with good policy to keep 
the Journal of as small and portable a size as cir- 
cumstances will make practicable. It may be obser- 
ved generally that chastity is not very highly esteem- 
ed by these people, and that the severe and loath- 
some effects cf certain French firincifiles are not un- 
common among them. The fact is, that the women 
are generally considered an article of traffic and 
dulgencies are sold at a very moderate price. As a 
proof of this I will just mention, that for an old to- 
bacco box, one of our men was granted the honour 
of passing a night with the daughter of the head- 
chief of the Mandan nation. An old bawd with her 
punks, may also be found in some of the villages 
on the Missouri, as well as in the large cities of po- 
Mshed nations. 
