History and stories of Nebraska . the night a few miles above Bellevue (prob-ably near where Omaha now is). Ducks and shore birdscovered the banks about us. Stillness reigned in the widewilderness. Only the whip-poor-wills voice was heardwhile the moon mirrored itself in the river where some of ouryoung people were bathing. In the morning our ship, likea smoke-vomiting monster, frightened all living and ducks flew in all directions. We landed at Mr. Cabannes trading post (ten milesabove Omaha) and to our joy we saw a crowd of Otoe andOmaha Indians. Many of them were marked with
History and stories of Nebraska . the night a few miles above Bellevue (prob-ably near where Omaha now is). Ducks and shore birdscovered the banks about us. Stillness reigned in the widewilderness. Only the whip-poor-wills voice was heardwhile the moon mirrored itself in the river where some of ouryoung people were bathing. In the morning our ship, likea smoke-vomiting monster, frightened all living and ducks flew in all directions. We landed at Mr. Cabannes trading post (ten milesabove Omaha) and to our joy we saw a crowd of Otoe andOmaha Indians. Many of them were marked with small-pox, some had only one eye or a film over the other faces were striped with red. Their hair was hangingdisorderly down to the neck. A small brook with steepbanks flows down to the river from a pleasant Uttle side vahley in which are the corn plantations. Mr. Cabanne had 66 STORIES OF NEBRASKA planted here fifteen acres of maize which produces yearlytwo thousand bushels of this grain, for the yield is very Missouri, Oto and Puncah Indians,1833. {From Thwaitess Early WesternTravels. Arthur H. Clark Co., Cleve-land, Ohio.). Sitting upon the balcony of Mr. Cabanne s house we en-joyed a wonderful evening. The proud Missouri ghstenedwith splendor in the glory of the full moon. Quiet reigned about us, only the frogscroaked and the whip-poor-wills called contin-ually in the forest nearby. Twenty Omahasappeared before us. Thechief dancer, a large tallman, wore on his heada high feather helmet,made of the long tail andwing feathers of owls andeagles. In his hand hecarried a bow and ar-rows. The upper half of his body was naked except fora white skin which hung over his right shoulder and wasdecorated with tufts of feathers. He was painted withwhite spots and stripes and looked wild and younger man with him bore in his hand a war clubwith white stripes and a skunk skin at the handle. Theyformed a line while in front of them a drum was beaten withra
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