Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri / Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch

A condensed ethnographic report compiled by a long-term resident of the Upper Missouri, offering concise answers to a set of formal inquiries about several prairie tribes. It surveys history, social organization, religious beliefs, language, material culture, and daily customs of groups such as the Sioux, Arikara, Mandan, Gros Ventres, Cree, Crow, Assiniboin, and Blackfeet. The account emphasizes observable practices, native terminology, camp regulations, and implements, and is supplemented by pen sketches and a few photographs. Observations are practical and grounded in prolonged contact, with occasional caveats about the limits of the author's knowledge.