Tattooing 592 Badges of office 592 Beard 593 Intellectual capacity and character 593 Picture writing 603 Myth telling 607 Fables 609 Songs; music 617 Present condition and future prospects 620 Intermarriage with whites 625 Population 625 Language 625 Bibliography 627 Index 629 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES Page 62. Fort Union as it appeared in 1833 394 63. Edwin Thompson Denig and Mrs. Denig 394 64. Drawings by an Assiniboin Indian 414 65. Culinary utensils 414 66. Characteristic implements of the Assiniboin 414 67. _a_, Comb root; _b_, 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 578 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 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To His Excellency ISAAC I. STEVENS, _Governor of Washington Territory_.