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THIRTEENTH. 'A Kansas, Osage or Pawnee. In 1541 were a sight to see; The Kansans were tali, The Pawnees were smal^ The Osages tallest of aJIi , [(^RTiif ADO give the"people of Qiiivira «*edit for being true, kind and noble, and it muftt have been so, otherwise the thirty-aix sol- ' diers, one priest, and a few attendants would never have been permitted to leave the country. For was it not an awful temptation to such creatures as these natives to see the strange things and yet not be able to acquire thera? But no suggestion of a sin- gle wrong done to our party has been recorded while they were in the midst of the throng of war-like, un- civilised people. Does this not speak well for the natural fairness of these aborigines? And let it be recorded on tablets that will endure forever, the Spaniards must have treated their hosts with friend- ship and equality. If the general or any of hia moa lost a single article by theft or otherwise, no mention is made thereof. So there was the most friendly spirit prevailing on both sides, each vieing with the oUiev to show their willingness to f raterniae, and