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fiad- any intercourse directly or indirectly since the quarrel.—? 
33$i\ Lisa appeared to be suspected, they supposed his intention 
to be, to take advantage of his influence with the Ankara nation, 
and do their party spine injury in revenge. X pledged myself 
that this should not be the case. 
Wednesday 12 th. Heavy rains accompanied by thunder an4 
lightning last night. 
At nine o’clock two of the chiefs, with the interpreter em¬ 
ployed by the company, came on board our boat. They atp 
both fine looking men, much, above the common si^e, and with 
much fairer complexions than any Indians I have seen. At ten 
we put to shore opposite the village, in order to dry our bag-, 
gage, which wa,s completely, wet. The leaders of the party of 
fljun.t were still suspicious that Lisa intended to betray therms 
M’Clelland deplarep that he would., shoot bipi the moment h® 
discovered, apy thing like it. In the mean time, the chief spoke 
across the river, which is here about a half a mile wide, we up* 
derstood that he was "giving orders to prepare the council lodge. 
The village appeared to occupy about three quarters of a mile 
along the river bank,qn a, level plain, the country behind it rising 
into hills, of considerable height. There are little or no woods 
any where to be seen. The lodges are of a conical shape, and 
look like heaps of earth. A great number of horses are seen 
feeding in the plains around, and on the sides of the hills. I 
espied a, number of squaws, in canoes, descending the river and 
landing at the village. The interpreter informed me, that they 
were returning home with wood. These canoes are made of a 
single buffaloe hide, stretched over osiers, and are of a circular 
form. There was but one woman in each canoe, who kneeled 
down, and instead of paddiing sideways, places the paddle before; 
the load is fastened to the canoe. The water being a little rough 
these canoes sometimes almost disappeared between the waves, 
which produced a curious effect; the squaws with the help of a 
little fancy, might be supposed, mermaids sporting on the bil- 
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lows; the canoe rising and sinking with them, while the women 
were visible from the waist upwards. 
About two o’clock fourteen of us crossed over, and accom¬ 
panied the chief to his lodge. Mats were laid around for us fo 
