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Excerpt from Pike's Explorations in Minnesota, 1805-6
Frazer informed the chief that he dared not give them any without my permission. The chief thanked me for all my presents, and said they must come free, as he did not ask for them. I replied, that, to those who did not ask for anything I gave freely but to those who asked for much, I gave only a little or none. We embarked about half past 3 o'clock: came three miles, and encamped on the W. Side. Mr. Frazer we left behind, but he came up with his two per oques about dusk. It commenced raining very hard. In the night, a peroque arrived from the lodges at his camp. During our stay at their camp, there were soldiers appointed to keep the crowd from my beats, who executed their duty with vigilance and rigor, driving men, women and children back, whenever they came near my boats. At my depart ure, their soldiers said, as I had Shaken hands with their chief, they must shake hands with my soldiers. In which request I willingly indulged them.
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