-ship the Snake Indian with his wife and two children took their departure – promising that he and some of his friends would pay the Village a visit the ensuing Summer[.] He kept his word – for I was present, as already mentioned when Three hundred Tents of the Rocky Mountain Indians made their appearance[.] It was then that I was made acquainted with the preceeding circumstances[.]

The Enanas make it a Rule to protect all Strangers from insult or injury while they remain within the limits of their Villages[.] Even the natural enemy of their own tribe, are safe there[.] For which reason the Enasas Villages has become a Sanctuary for Criminals from all the surrounding tribes – Who go about fearlessly speaking their respective languages[.] The Strangers however cannot be accommodated with wives from the natives but must confine that kind of happy liberty to Slaves, or women taken in war[.] Even the Mandanes who are neighbours are treated as Strangers in this respect[.]

But some of these Strangers often make an ungrateful return[.] They often destroy their Benefactors and fly with the Scalps to their

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