ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



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62. Fort Union as it appeared in 1833 . 394 



63. Edwin Thompson Dcnig and Mrs. Denig 394 



64. Drawings by an Assiniboin Indian 414 



65. Culinary utensils 414 



66. Characteristic implements of the Assiniboin 414 



67. o, Comb root; 6, Cat-tail 414 



68. The calumet and its accompaniments 446 



69. A buffalo park or "surround" 532 



70. An Assiniboin running a buffalo 532 



71. Scalp dance 558 



72. Coo-soo', or game of the bowl 558 



73. The Chun-kan-dee' game 578 



74. A lodge frame and a completed lodge 578 



75. The interior of a lodge and its surroundings 578 



76. An Assiniboin stabbing a Blackfoot 57S 



77. Map of region above Fort Union 606 



78. Diagram of a battle field 606 



79. Diagram of a battle field 606 



80. Musical instruments 606 



TEXT FIGURES 



30. Lancet 426 



31. Diagram of a council lodge 437 



32. Cradle board 519 



33. Tool for fleshing the hide 540 



34. Tool for scraping hides or shaving the skin 541 



35. Picture writing . 603 



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