FOURTH EXPEDITION

The Hooping-cough among the Indians—The Cheyenne peace expedition.—The Indian in his home; his domi. neering pride.— What a “ White Chief ” is supposed to be.—Mr. MacKenzie accompanies “ Rattle Snake ” and leaves with the Cheyennes ; grand reception.— Mode of

trading en pipe.—Unexpected arrival of Messrs. Chaboil-

lez, Henry and Macdonell; Great Men should be seen from a distance—Grand visit of the Missouri Indians to the Cheyennes ; willit be peace or war ?—The return.

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Nepigon, Spring, 1809.

Roderick MacKenzie, Esq, Sir,

I promised at Camanistiquia to send you an account of the Mississouri (1) Indians. This I delayed from time to time, until my friend, Mr. Haldane, induced me to select from my journal the extracts which will be handed to you by him with this letter,

I wish those extracts were better and more deserving of your acceptance. I am sensible that their greatest merit consists in their veracity, for I was an eye witness of most of the scenes which they expose.

If the present specimen will please, I shall take delight in transcribing more passages for your perusal. Two motives encourage me in this desire : one is that I almost despair of

ever having it in my power to testify sufficiently that grateful sense which T shall always entertain of your uniform kinduess towards me ; the other is, that, by reading these simple observations, you will be more able to judge whether my services, comparing them to those of others in my line, should not have recommended me to more attention in the scale of promotion than I have hitherto experienced.

I have, Sir, the honor to be,

Your very humble servant,

CHarLes MAacKENzIE.

(1) The Missouri is called both ‘ Mississouri ”” and sometimes ‘ Missurie ?” by Mr. Charles Mackenzie. Sir Alexander Mackenzie says its proper name is “ Mississouri.”*

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