118 . THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



Mr. Catlin was with them in 1832 — they were encamped at Fort 

 Union, along with the Blackfeet and Crows — in June, July, and August. 

 A tribe of British Columbia (June, 1885.) 



176. Eeh-tow-wees-ka-zeet, He Who has Eyes behind Him, called Bro-cas-sie or 



Bros-casse — the Broken Arm ; one of the foremost braves of the tribe, in a 

 handsome dress. 

 This man visited Washington with the Indian agent, Major Sanford, a few yeara 

 since. Painted in 183*2. 



(Plate No. 30, page 57, vol. 1, Catlin's 'Eight Years.) 



177. Tsee-mount, a Great Wonder ; woman carrying her infant in her robe. Painted 



in 1832. 



(Plato No. 33, page 57, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight Years.) 

 Showing fairly the fashion of cutting and ornamenting the dresses of the females 

 of this tribe.— G. C. 



178. Tow-ee-ka-wet, ; woman. Wife of No. 176. 



(Plate No. 31, page 57, vol. 1, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



ALGONKIN— CREE. 

 MR. CATLIN'S NOTES ON THE CREE INDIANS. 



The Knisteneaux, or Crees, as they are more familiarly called in this country, are a 

 very numerous tribe, extending from this place as high north as the shores of Lake 

 Winnipeg; and even much further in a northwesterly direction, towards, and even 

 through, a great part of the Rocky Mountains. 



I have before said of these, that they were about 3,000 in numbers ; by that I meant 

 but a small part of this extensive tribe, who are in the habit of visiting the American 

 Fur Company's establishment, at this place, to do their trading; and who themselves 

 scarcely know anything of the great extent of country over which this numerous and 

 scattered family range. Their customs may properly be said to be primitive, as no 

 inroads of civilized habits have been as yet successfully made amongst them. Like 

 the other tribes in these regions, they dress in skins, and gain their food and conduct 

 their wars in a very similar manner. They are a very daring and most adventurous 

 tribe, roaming vast distances over the prairies and carrying war into their enemies' 

 country. With the numerous tribe of Blackfeet they are always waging an uncom- 

 promising warfare, and though fewer in numbers and less in stature, they have shown 

 themselves equal in sinew and not less successful in mortal combat. — G. C, 1832. 



A roaming tribe of British Columbia. (See Dr. D. G. Brinton's note 

 on the Crees herein, title Algonkin, pages 89, 90.) 



AS-SIN-XE-BOINS (STONEBOILERS). 



[Assinaboines: Laws of the United States. Assinaboines : Indian Bureau, June, 1885.] 

 A tribe of 8,000, occupying the country from the mouth of the Yellowstone River to 

 Lake Winnipeg, in Her British Majesty's dominions, speaking the Sioux or Dahcota 

 language, ranging about, like them, in skin lodges, and no doubt a severed band of 

 that great nation. Four thousand of these people destroyed by the small pox in 1838, 

 since I was amongst them. 



Mr. Catlin met the Assinaboines in 1832, on the Yellowstone, at and 

 near Fort Union. , 



179. Wi-jun-jon, the Pigeon's-egg Head; one of the most distinguished young war- 



rior's of the tribe. 



