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26 Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River ...
under the Command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E., by William H.
Keating; London, 1825, vol. I, p. 451; vol. II, p. 44, et al.
Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ...
under the Command of Major S.H. Long, U.S.T.E., by Edwin James;
London, 1823, vol. I, pp. 155, 182, et al.
Say remarks (James, loc. cit., p. 155) of the coyote(?), "This
animal ... is probably the original of the domestic dog, so common
in the villages of the Indians of this region [about Council Bluffs
and Omaha], some of the varieties of which still retain much of the
habit and manners of this species." James says (loc. cit., vol. II,
p. 13), "The dogs of the Konzas are generally of a mixed breed,
between our dogs with pendent ears and the native dogs, whose ears
are universally erect. The Indians of this nation seek every
opportunity to cross the breed. These mongrel dogs are less common
with the Omawhaws, while the dogs of the Pawnees generally have
preserved their original form."
27 Travels in the Interior of North America; London, 1843. The Prince
adds, "In shape they differ very little from the wolf, and are
equally large and strong. Some are of the real wolf color; others
are black, white, or spotted with black and white, and differing
only by the tail being rather more turned up.
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