The villages described in the accounts already quoted were the permanent settlements of the tribe, groups of earth-covered lodges quite similar to those erected by other tribes in the Upper Missouri Valley. Fortunately several remarkable photographs of the villages and of the separate structures are in existence, having been made by W. H. Jackson in 1871. The most valuable of the early pictures is reproduced as plate 49. And here it may be remarked that this is a different photograph from the one which was presented as plate 12 in Bulletin 69 of this bureau's publications, and although both were made at the same time, nevertheless they differ in minor details. It is therefore of interest to know two negatives were made at that time. This was the village of the Republican Pawnee. In plate 50 are two of the large earth-covered lodges, showing the tunnel-like entrances, and with many persons sitting on the tops of the structures. The entrance is more clearly shown in plate 51, where a brush mat protects the side. This may be part of a small inclosure. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 77 PLATE 48 [Illustration: TRADER CROSSING THE PRAIRIES Page of Kurz's Sketchbook, August 28, 1851] BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 77 PLATE 49 [Illustration: PAWNEE-VILLAGE WHICH STOOD ON THE LOUPE FORK OF THE PLATTE RIVER Photograph by W. H. Jackson, 1871] BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 77 PLATE 50 [Illustration: LODGES IN THE PAWNEE VILLAGE WHICH STOOD ON THE LOUPE FORK OF THE PLATTE RIVER Photograph by W. H. Jackson, 1871] BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 77 PLATE 51 [Illustration: _a._ Children at lodge entrance] [Illustration: _b._ Showing screen near same entrance IN A PAWNEE VILLAGE Photographs by W. H. Jackson, 1871]