Stay at Fort Union, Description of the Fort and the Surrounding Area and the Assiniboine Indians, June 24 – July 5, 1833
Description of Fort Union – The Assiniboines – Departure of the steamboat Assiniboine – Excursions onto the prairie – Newly arriving Assiniboines – Crees (Kristenaux) – Arrival and encampment of a whole band of Assiniboines near the fort – Visit in their camp – Their departure – Arrival of sixty-two [tipis] of the Assiniboines – They shoot our young Piegan – Visit in the camp – Cures of the medicine men – Arrival of our keelboat – Blooming cacti – Departure of the bison hunters – The Piegan interpreter Berger travels ahead to Fort McKenzie by land – Preparations for the journey to Fort Piegan or McKenzie, not far from the falls of the Missouri – Superstitious beliefs of the Assiniboines and Crees