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47 strings of buckskin tied in knots & colored gaily? desended? in numbers from his head to his shoulders & chest. - Our camp consisting of several tents and tepees commands a view of St Peter's river, the prarie with its numerous lodges, the trading & mission houses and the surrounding country, & is tenanted by the commissioners & their officers & a motley collection of Frenchmen and half-breeds, traders, interpreters, voyageurs & trappers. The Kaposia band seem to be considered as especially our friends, & their tents are pitched near by, so that an intimate acquaintance exists between them & the members of the camp, - Their proximity affords an opportunity for constant observation of their habits & manners, & an agreeable crossed out - interchange of civilities intercourse with them confirms us in our ideas of their su-