vifien, squaws and children,) draw daily 
.rations of beef and flour at this post. They are 
leomewhat annoying, but tractable and docile. 
* ?Some ten or flfteen miles from here, they culti- 
1 1 rate small patches of wheat, com and Jlavajo 
[■ potatoes, (the latter of very small growth— about 
h as large as an ordinary acorn.) The industrious 
I portion of the tribe manufacture blankets and 
I Stockings, and tan deer skins for sale. Inaddi- 
^ tion, they raise a number of ponies, cattle and 
sheep. Some distance from here, (say one hun- 
dred miles or so,) they reside in beautiful, fertile 
