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ElghË yeass later, ln 0etober 1?5g r,e vereneÌrye bullt hle
flrgt Fo¡rt ra ÞlnE Ësn Ê, portege whleb reeets to Èhe r.ake of
the Pralriesú (r.ete rflenltoba) r beeariee the åsEtnibolne u¡ent
this way on thelr trlpe to tbe Ëngllsh on EueteonrE Bey.s 0n the
18tb of the msath he set ouÈ to vlelt. the &tEndtene of the tfilssourl,
a people of whorn he hadl baen wrltlag to Beautarnole for several
Jrear*. Hbtle naklng thls Journey¡ he l0eaËed a v1llage of one
hunetrerl eaet two S,oelges of .&eelnlbolns, eampeeÈ eomewbere between
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Eurtle l{ountaln.and, the Souris Rtver.lge ures glven enple
opportunlÈy to studly these r-uûiane andt loarn of tbeir wêJ¡s, for
the whole vlJ'Lege peekedt up theln üente End[ ehatteLe end stayedÌ.
rlght wlth hlm untf.l he rEaehed the Efanêane end. for sone weeke
thereafter. Els journal cleserlbee then, eritleally. .å.lthough
they were nn&erous, jp"t q¡ere not brave, anê were pertleuJ-arly
Efrerû of the fil0u¡.s Ehey ülel not nalEe any f,trelcl or garËl.en
erope, anü tracteê gune, stes, kettles, ¡lowëer and bullete, aad
knlvse anü awle to the !fiendtanE fo:r Eorn, tobaeeo¡ furs anG.
eolorerit plumes. In thls tradlng the MÊndane a1ürqyø outsnartert
then. Nelther eouLô. the åeslnlbolaE do the flne wsrk the
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r¡eeeangþlt[ ln' ctresefng or cleesratlng leather.- L* ?erendtrye says
nothi.ng abottü trylag Èo teeeh thern to ktll bEelrer. If he cllel
trr, he fatled, for saro¡el Heerner at Gr¡aberlancl Houee, U&tv+,
notes that *SraeE IndlaRs fron the Br¡ffeilow Country ee.@e wlth
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