to travel, in order to reach the Presbyterian mission station at Bellevue, and were truly thankful that there were no more streams or sloughs to cross. About sundown we arrived at our station, and were heartily welcomed by Mr. McKinney and the Mission family, though our outward appearance was not very prepossessing, our clothing being bespattered with mud, from the various adventures of the day.— On the 14th of May the steamboat El Paso came up the Missouri to Council Bluffs, and on the morning of the 15th we took passage in her down the river. On the evening of the 16th the boat arrived at Weston, and in the afternoon of the 17th left there for Kansas, where we arrived at dark. After breakfast on the following morning, the 18th, we proceeded to _Westfield_, eight miles, on foot, where we arrived just as the congregation were leaving the church after the service, which had been held by the national assistant, Frederic Samuel—truly thankful to the Lord to find all well at home, after an absence of nearly four weeks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PAWNEE INDIANS (BY BR. D. Z. SMITH.) BANDS OR CLANS.—All the Indian tribes are subdivided into bands or clans. The _Pawnees_ have among them four distinct bands, viz., the Loups (pronounced _Loos_), the Republicans, the Topages (Tuppays), and the Grand Pawnees. Each band has at its head a Chief, among whom, however, the Chief of the Grand Pawnees, Asseruregarrigu, is considered the Principal Chief of the whole tribe.