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The Assiniboine
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Introduction to the 2000 Edition Publisher's Note Preface Letter of Transmittal History Geography Climate Wild Animals The horse Pictographs Antiquities Pipes Vessels and implements Astronomy and geology Future life Arithmetic Medicine Government Indian trade Education Warfare Property Territorial rights Primogeniture Crime Prayers The moon Parental affection Religion Immortality Mythology Manners and customs Camp Life Courtship and marriage Music Longevity Hospitality Midwifery, childbirth, naming Assiniboin names Children Suicide Personal behavior Scalping Oaths Smoking Fame Stoicism Taciturnity Public speaking Travel Senses Jugglery and sorcery Strength and endurance Spirituous liquors Hunting Fishing War Dancing and amusements Games Racing Gambling Death and its consequences Orphans and the aged Lodges Canoes Mental and ethical advancement Medicine; drugs Food Garments; dresses Ornaments Paints and dyes Tattooing Badges of office Beard Intellectual capacity and character Speech of Le Chef du Tonnere to the gentleman in charge of Fort Union, January, 1850 Picture writing Myth telling Fables Songs; music Present condition and future prospects Intermarriage with whites Population Language Bibliography Index Appendix

About the Author

Edwin Thompson Denig (1812-1858) was a fur trader on the Upper Missouri for twenty-five years. J.N.B Hewitt was an Iroquois ethnologist on staff at the Bureau of American Ethnology. David R. Miller is Associate Professor of Indian Studies at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, University of Regina and the author of "The Assiniboine" in The Handbook of North American Indians.

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