The remains of a tribe who were once very numerous and warlike, but
reduced by whiskey and small-pox, to their present number, which is not
more than 2700. This tribe may be said to be semi-civilized, inasmuch
as they have so long lived in contiguity with white people, with whom
their blood is considerably mixed, and whose modes and whose manners
they have in many respects copied. From a similarity of language as
well as of customs and personal appearance, there is no doubt that
they have formerly been a part of the great tribe of Chippeways or
Ot-ta-was. Living neighbours and adjoining to them, on the North. This
tribe live within the state of Michigan, and there own a rich and very
valuable tract of land; which, like the Kickapoos, they are selling
out to the Government, and about to remove to the west bank of the
Missouri, where a part of the tribe have already gone and settled, in
the vicinity of Fort Leavenworth. Of this tribe I have painted the
portraits of _On-saw-kie_ (the Sac, +plate+ 189), in the attitude of
prayer, and _Na-pow-sa_ (the Bear travelling in the night,) +plate+
190, one of the principal chiefs of the tribe. These people have for
some time lived neighbours to, and somewhat under the influence of the
Kickapoos; and very many of the tribe have become zealous disciples
of the Kickapoo prophet, using his prayers most devoutly, and in the
manner that I have already described, as is seen in the first of the
two last-named portraits.