124 ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



Fort a la Corne and other Posts of the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany. In the woods on the main Saskatchewan behind 

 Fort a la Corne, as well as in several places on the banks 

 of the Little Saskatchewan, Winnipego-sis, and Dauphin 

 Lakes, we found the carved and painted posts which are 

 made to play an important part in these observances. 

 (Vol. I. p. 402.) 



During the summer they separate into families or small 



Sioux Scalp from the Graves at Red Eiver. 



bands, and hunt, fish, or go to the Plains in search of 

 buffalo. At the approach of winter, they 44 take debt " 

 or otherwise obtain supplies at the different Posts of the 

 Company, and retire to their winter quarters to trap the 

 fur-bearing animals. The Plain or Prairie Indians follow 

 the buffalo, and vary the monotony of their existence by 

 forming war parties against their enemies, such as the 



