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we thought we could make a living in.  We saw the Osages there, and they were without shirts; their skin burnt and their hair stood up as if it had not been combed since they were little children.  We did not wish to sink as low as they seemed to be.
    He next took us to the Kansas Indians, saying there were some good lands there that we might select for our home.  The Kansas Indians made us a feast, and asked us the object of our visit.  We suppose they had been told what we were there for, and they asked us if we wanted to buy some of their land.