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 says of them, "The Arkansas are reckoned to be the tallest and best-shaped of all the savages on this continent," and he speaks at length of their kindness to the French, and their fidelity to their engagements. So Du Pratz, an early voyageur, says: "I am so pre-*possessed in favor of this country that I persuade myself that the beauty of the climate has a great influence on the character of the inhabitants, who are at the same time very gentle and very brave."

LITTLE ROCK LEVEE.

In the days when Little Rock was a part of the favorite hunting-ground of the Quapaws it must have been a lovely spot. Then the