[249] See p. 269 for illustration of Ponca war-club.--ED.
[250] Probably Charles Primeau, a fur-trader in the employ of the American Fur Company--later (1845), setting up in opposition to the company. Consult _Larpenteur's Journal_, i, p. 227.--ED.
[251] See opposite page for illustration of Ponca Indians in buffalo robes.--ED.
[252] The children of the North Americans resemble, in all respects, those of the Brazilians; I have mentioned the same circumstance of the Tapuyas of eastern Brazil, in the account of my travels in that country.--MAXIMILIAN.
[253] For Manuel Lisa, see our volume v, p. 97, note 64. This creek, now called Emanuel, is in Bonhomme County, South Dakota, just above Springfield.--ED.
VOYAGE FROM L'EAU QUI COURT TO FORT PIERRE, ON THE TETON RIVER (THE LITTLE MISSOURI), AND STAY THERE, FROM MAY 13TH TO JUNE 4TH
Running-water River (l'eau qui court)--Punca Creek--Remarkable Mountains--Cedar Island--Delay caused by the insufficient Depth of the Water--First Sight of Buffaloes and Antelopes--Burning Mountain--Black Strata of bituminous Coal--Bijoux Hills--Prairie Dogs--Shannon, or Dry River--White River--Ruins of Cedar Fort--Fort Look-out (Sioux Agency)--Visit to it--The Dacotas of the Branch of the Yanktons--Wahktageli--Big Bend, or Grand Détour--Medicine Hills--Teton River--Fort Pierre--Stay there--The Tetons, a branch of the Dacotas or Sioux.