[125] The usual habitat of the Kutenai Indians was along the river which takes its name from them—running chiefly in British Columbia, with a loop into northwestern Montana.—Ed.
[126] See the view of this great camp of the Piegan, in Plate 76, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.
[127] Onistahna (the chief of the white buffalo cow) was considered the principal chief of all the Blackfeet.—Maximilian.
[128] See Plate 78, the left-hand figure, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.
[129] Captain Lyon (Private Journal, page 140), says, that the Esquimaux took such a musical box to be the young one of a little barrel organ, and which they, in like manner, thought to be animated by a spirit.—Maximilian.
Comment by Ed. George Francis Lyon (1795-1832), who accompanied Parry in his voyage of discovery in the "Hecla." His private journal was published at London in 1825.
[130] See p. [113] for illustration of badge of Prairie-dog band.—Ed.
[131] A very striking resemblance is found in the left-hand figure of Plate 79, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.
[132] See Plate 77, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.—Ed.