CHAPTER VI

Messrs. Bradbury and Nuttal--An excursion--Rupture between the leaders of our parties--Arrival at the Arikara villages 100

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Arikara villages--An alarm in the village--Manners and customs 114

Proceed to the Mandan villages--A buffaloe hunt--Arrival at the Mandan villages 132

Mandan villages--Return to Arikara--Scene after a battle 138