The Assiniboine de Edwin Thompson Denig

The Assiniboine: Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1928-1929

Edwin Thompson Denig

J.N.B. Hewitt

David R. Miller

Edwin Thompson Denig entered the fur trade on the Upper Missouri River in 1833. As husband to the daughter of an Assiniboine headman and as a bookkeeper stationed at Fort Union, Denig became knowledgeable about the tribal groups of the Upper Missouri. By the 1840s and 1850s, several noted investigators of Indian culture were consulting him, including Audubon, Hayden, and Schoolcraft. Not content to drawn on his own knowledge, he interviewed in company with the Indians for an entire year until he had obtained satisfactory answers.

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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