CHAPTER VII.

Indian method of attacking the buffaloe on the ice.

An enumeration of the presents sent to the president

of the United States. The party are visited by a

Ricara chief. They leave their encampment, and

proceed on their journey. Description of the Little

Missouri. Some account of the Assiniboins. Their

mode of burying the dead. Whiteearth river

described. Great quantity of salt discovered on its

banks. Yellowstone river described. A particular

account of the country at the confluence of the

Yellowstone and Missouri. Description of the

Missouri, the surrounding country, and of the

rivers, creeks, islands, &c. 174

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