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to put the troops off their guard. About nine o'clock the Indians came in sight on the opposite side of the river and •encamped. Soon a canoe put off with a message to the trader to be ready to receive his credits, after which they would trade; that they were anxious to Teach their summer homes and to plant their corn. Band after band paid Tip their credits and traded, the chief of each band sitting on the counter hurrying them on. About three o'clock the trading was over. Pash-e-pi-ho,
in person, asked to be admitted within the stockade,
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