Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri
by Edwin Thompson Denig
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About this eBook
- Author
- Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858
- Title
- Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch
- Credits
- Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Assiniboine Indians
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49557
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49557
- Release Date
- July 31, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INDIAN TRIBES OF THE UPPER MISSOURI By EDWIN THOMPSON DENIG EDITED WITH NOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH By J. N. B. HEWITT
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
- 4.THE ASSINIBOIN 2 — 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 — LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF THE URSA MAJOR AND POLAR STAR, BY THE THUNDER STOMACH, AN ASSINIBOIN WARRIOR — 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 TONNERRE TO THE GENTLEMAN IN CHARGE OF FORT UNION, JANUARY, 1850 — Picture Writing — Myth Telling — Fables Related by “The Ear Rings of Dog’s Teeth,” an Old Assiniboin — By a Woman — Songs; Music 60 — Present Condition and Future Prospects — Intermarriage with Whites — Population — Language — BIBLIOGRAPHY — MANUSCRIPT — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Note
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