The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-05

euougH tu tue prey 10 piace moose over hls head, which moose is carried, attached to the end of q long and light pole or wand. Alter joining us, and before We started again, some of them managed 10 steal all our tobacco, except one small piece, and then offering me another horse to ride. we moved towards their camn. Ii was mast noon when We reached it, for 1t was at least thirteen miles from tho river. Ks we ap- preached, the inhabitants of the village, who had been warned of our approach, not olly by various strange shouts, but also by messengers came out to meet us In great numbers; and after crossing q branch of the river. we entered the camp with our arms nearly shaken of at the elbows, by the rough, but friendly greetings of our new friends. Entering the village, which con sisted of about thirty lodges, we were con- ducted to the chiefs tent, where We found a young Frenchman, who could speak very good English. He informed us that tkis was the tent of the principal chief, and that our property would be very safe in it. We entered and shook hands with the chief and his subordinates, who occupied the interior We bestowed ourselves in various positions upon the buffalo robes which were laid about the fire, and maintained q true Indian gravity, until they should see fit to address Us. He young Frenchman then asked Us where we were from. We told him, and he interpreted it 10 our hosts, who uttered the common exclamation, huh and listen- ed till we should speak again. Give me an Indian for listener always. We gave them some details of our route, to which they listened with surprise, and perhaps with incredibly. If so, they were too polite to show it. They had, as it appear ed, been at our old camps, and taken us for Pawnees, for they know no other name for any wandering Indian, than Pawnee. After the conference was over produced my pipe and began 10 fill if. A half dozen pipes were immediately shown, and requests were made for tobacco, 10 which I was, of course, bound to respond, and we had a ge- neral smoke. We passed the remainder of this day and the next with them, and were called upon, every hour in the day, to go to some lodge and eat. In the course of the second day and evening, we ate if teen times, and were obliged to do so, or af1ront them.
 These osages are generally fine, large, noble looking men, supplied with immense Roman noses. Young Clarimore, the chief of the party, in particular, was a very fine, noble looking fellow. They are much more generous and friendly, too, than the Ghoctaws or Cherolees in their treatment of strangers, and fed us bountifally on inc meat of the buffalo, bear, deer and pole cat; of the latter of which, however, we partooh merely out of compliment.
 Their lodges, unlike those of the Gu manehes, are round and not conical, and are not more than eight feet n height. The tops of them were formed of thin neeces of buffalo meat, which was drying in the smoke, supported by the bent saplings of which the lodges were built. We found that, contrary to our fears, we were upon the Hashita, and in the edge of the Cross Timbers; eonsummation we had long been very deyoutly looking for.
 10 De Continued.