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42 the women; they were conducted in very nearly the same way, except that the men jumped up and down instead of shuffling as did the women.

The harmony of the entertainment was disturbed by one of the musicians, who, thinking he had not received his due share of the tobacco presented by the captains,

put himself into a passion, broke one of the drums, threw two of them into the fire, and then left the band. But no notice was taken of the man's conduct, and the dance was kept up till midnight; then four chiefs escorted the captains to their boats and remained over night with them on board. The captains took close notice of many of the habits, customs, laws, and fashions of the Sioux, which they set down in their journal. The following quoted at large from their journal is of great interest as indicating one of the police customs of the Sioux in their primitive life:—