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25 These Indians appeared to be very friendly and well disposed towards us eager to trade skins and moccasins for anything we might offer them. We camped this night on a prairie dog city about ten miles square they are a queer looking ittle animal about the size of a cat fat and plump looking, they are very numerous, all that great extent of ground is full of holes about one yard apart, it is very hard to kill one of those little creatures they are very shy and at first appearance of an enemy in their vicinity their heels twinkle in the air, and they disappear in their holes in an instant, then commences a defeaning chorous of voices all barking furiously.