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sit on, while he placed himself on a kind of stool or bench. The L 
pipe was handed around, and smoked; after which, the herald, 
(every chief or great man, has one of them) ascended the top of 
the lodge and seated himself near an open place, and began to 
bawl out like one of our town criers; the chief every now and 
then addressing something to him through the aperture before 
mentioned. We soon discovered the object of this, by the ar¬ 
rival of the other chiefs, who seemed to drop in, one after the 
other, as their names were called. 
When all were seated, the pipe was handed to the chief, who 
began as is usual on solemn occasions, by blowing a whiff up¬ 
wards as it were to the sky, them to the earth, and after to the 
east and west, after which the pipe was sent round. A mark of 
respect in handing the pipe to another, is to hold it until the 
person has taken several whiffs. After this ceremony, Mr, 
Lisa addressed a speech to the chiefs, in which, after the com¬ 
mon place which would be expected, he observed, that the stran¬ 
gers in company with him were going a long journey to the 
great Salt lake to the west, and ought to be treated well, that 
any injury done to them, he should consider as done to himself; 
that in this respect they were as one people. A number of 
speeches were as usual made on the occasion. The chief on the 
proposal of trading, required time to give an answen—with this 
the council concluded. The boats were ordered over, and en¬ 
camped a little distance below the village. A guard of Indian 
warriors was placed to keep off the populace and prevent pil¬ 
fering. 
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