The Swiss artist, Friedrich Kurz, who painted many pictures of the region around Fort Union, lived with Denig for some time, and in 1851 painted his portrait.
The Indians called Mr. Denig “The Long Knife,” which simply meant that they knew him as “an American.”
In the manuscript Mr. Denig employs the word “band” to denote “a gens of a tribe,” the word “clans” to denote “societies” or “corporations,” and the “orders of doctors” he calls “shamans or theurgists.” To understand Mr. Denig these meanings must be kept in mind.
The Editor.
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| 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] |