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256 250 WANT TO VIEW THJS BIG RITEU. ther examine the country from where Turk has hailed, ■(Pawnee), this being about seventy-five mile^, as learned from the men who lived there; and particu- larly the leadet of the exploration informs the natives th&t he very much wishes to view the big river told of by both Turk and Ysopete. Then arrangements are perfected by which the Payees agriee to guide the party, and Tatarrax de- taOs fifty young warriors to act as an escort, with the iniBcessary hunters and dog teams to keep the party supplied with meat, as well as sufficient transporta- iiori for the Spaniards'