Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . d their movements elastic and graceful. Theirstature is considerably above that of the Mandans and Riccarees, or Black-feet ; but about equal to that of the Crows, Assinneboins and Minatarees,furnishing at least one half of their warriors of six feet or more in height. I am here living with, and enjoying the hospitality
Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . d their movements elastic and graceful. Theirstature is considerably above that of the Mandans and Riccarees, or Black-feet ; but about equal to that of the Crows, Assinneboins and Minatarees,furnishing at least one half of their warriors of six feet or more in height. I am here living with, and enjoying the hospitality of a gentleman by thename of Laidlaw, a Scotchman, who is attached to the American Fur Com-pany, and who, in company with Mr. MKenzie (of whom I have beforespoken) and Lamont, has the whole agency of the Fur Companys transac-tions in the regions of the Upper Missouri and the Rocky Mountains. This gentleman has a finely-built Fort here, of two or three hundredfeet square, enclosing eight or ten of their factories, houses and stores,in the midst of which he occupies spacious and comfortable apartments,which are well supplied with the comforts and luxuries of life and neatlyand respectably conducted by a fine looking, modest, and dignified Sioux ^ ,1 1 M I / IIJ ?/ II ^. ^^/ -^ :^
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