INDIAN NATIONS, &C.--BGOK I. 79 
assineboin:, 
Divided into the following bands— 
Manelofiec , (gens de Canot,) wander on the Mouse river, be¬ 
tween the Assineboin and the Missouri. Osee-gah , about the 
mouth of the little Missouri, to the Assineboin river. 
Mah-to pa-na-to , on the Missouri, about the mouth of the 
White earth river, and on the head of the Assineboin and Copelle 
rivers. 
These bands trade with the Hudson’s Bay Company, who 
have establishments on the Assineboin and Copelle rivers; oc¬ 
casionally also on the Saskashawin. Their country has little 
or no timber. 
BLACRFEET. 
They wander on the heads of the Missouri, Maria river, and 
ftlong the Rocky mountains, they are also Sioux. They trade at 
the same establishments with the Assineboin. and are at war with 
the Crow nation. They have been very troublesome to our tra¬ 
ders, to whom they have conceived a deadly hatred. Their coun¬ 
try the most abundant in beaver and other furs. 
GROS VENTRES OF THE PRAIRIE, 
Speak the Crow language, and wander on the south fork of 
the Saskashawin. 
Nations on the Lakes , and upper part of the Missis sipfu. 
CHIPPOWAYS, 
Are divided into three bands, one an a village on an island 
in Leech lake; another about the head of the Mississippi, and 
around Red lake, and the third on Red river, of lake Winipec, 
and about the mouth of Pemberton river. They wander along 
the lakes, however, to a grea' distance. They are the inveterate 
enemies of the Sioux; with whom they have been at war tim0 
immemorial. Their country is tolerably well covered with wood, 
but abounds with morasses and lakes. 
ALGONQUINS 
Speak the same language with the Chippoways, and live in two 
bands,one on the south side of Rainy lake, Rainy Lake river, and 
the Lake of the Woods; the other about the jmouths of the As.- 
Sineboin and Red rivers. 
