[1] About 70 votes were polled in the town of Potosi. Mr. Austin, the younger, was returned by the county to the Territorial Legislature.
[2] The United States government, the very next year, 1819, sent out Col. Long to the Yellow Stone.
[3] This word appears to be a derivation from the radix Wawb, white. The termination in o is the objective sign. The term is made diminutive in s.
[4] A personification of the North West.
[5] Blind Woman.
[6] Sheegowiss, a widow, and mowigh, something nasty.
[7] Note by Mr. George Johnston, from whom this tale was received.—Any thing of the kind, or a similar noise heard, is attributed by the Indian, to this day, as an indication of the contention between Mäsh-kwa-sha-kwong and his pursuers, and hence a prelude to wars and contentions among the nations of the world.
[8] The small white shells that the white fish live upon, and the white substance found in its gizzard are to this day considered by the Indians, the brain and skull of the woman of the Head.
[9] Literally, little men, who vanish.
[10] The name is usually translated, two-sticks tied, or united.