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Assinniboin, and towards the Saskashawan river; do not cultivate, but take and traffic in beaver, otter, lynx, wolverine, mink, marten, wolf, small fox or kitts, dressed elk, and moose deer skins. They have three hundred warriors, and one thousand souls. Their language differs but little from the Chippeways, and have probably an affinity to that nation. These people sometimes visit Fort Dauphin mountains; are not esteemed good beaver hunters; are well disposed to the whites, and treat their traders with respect.
The A-lan-sar, or Fall Indians, are supposed to have six hundred and sixty warriors, and two thousand five hundred people; reside on the south fork of the Saskashawan river, and streams supposed to be branches of the Missouri. They trade with the northwest company; the country over which they rove is not much known.
The Cattanahaws is a wandering nation, near the Fall Indians; their number is not assertained.
The Tut-see-was or Flat-head Indians live on the west side of the Rocky mountains, on waters supposed to run into the Columbia river. The most that is known of the Flat-heads, is from the Minetares, or Grossventres, who are at war with them, and often take prisoners. They say that this nation resides in one village on the west side of a large and rapid river, which runs from south to north, at the foot of Rocky mountains. Their
