Illustrations of the manners, customs and condition of the North American Indians [microform] : in a series of letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing

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by  Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CONDITION
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NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS:
IN A SERIES OP
LETTERS AND NOTES
WRITTEN DURING EIGHT YEARS OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE AMONG THE
WILDEST AND MOST REMARKABLE TRIBES NOW EXISTING,
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BY GEO. CATLIN.
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IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL.
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SEVENTH EDITION.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
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C.andJ. AUIard,PrlnUra,UartholomewCIomi
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CONTENTS
THE FIRST VOLUME.
Frontispiece-.—TheAuthorpaintingaChief inan Indian Village,
MapofIndian LocalitieiembracedwithintheAuthor'iTraveit.
LETTER—No. 1.
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Wyoming, birth-place of the Author,p.2. His formerProfession Firstcavseof his
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TravelstotheIndianCountry DelegationofIndiansin Philadelphia First start to
theFarWest,in1832,p.3.—DesignofformingaNationalGallery——NumbersofTribes
visited,andnumberofPaintingsandotherthingscollected,p.4. Probableextinction
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oftheIndians,p.5. Formerandpresentnumbersof—Thepropermodeofapproaching
them,andestimatingtheircharacter,p.5—10.
CERTincATES of Government Officers,—Indian Agents and others,as to thefidelity ofthe
PortraitsandotherPaintings,p.11 13. *
LETTER—No. 2.
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Mouth of Yellofv Stone, p. 14, pi. 3. Distance from St. Louis Difficulties of the
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Missouri Politeness of Mr. Chouteau and Major Sanford Fur Company's Fort
Indian Epicures—New and true School for theArts—BeautifulModels,p.14—16.
LETTER—No. 3, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
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Characterof Missouri River, p.18, pi.4. Beautiful prairieshores,p.19,pi.5. Pic-
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turesqueclaybluffs, p.19,pi.6. Firstappearance ofasteamerattheYellowStone,
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andcuriousconjecturesoftheIndians aboutit,p.20. FurCompany'sEstablishment
atthemouth of YellowStone—M'Kenzie—His table and politeness, p.21.—Indian
tribesinthisvicinity,p.22.
LETTER—No. 4, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
UpperMissouriIndians—General character, p. 23.—Buffaloes—Description of, p. 24,
pis.7,8.—Modesofkillingthem—Buffalo-hunt,p.25.—Chardon'sLeap,p.26,pi.9.—
Wounded bull,p.26 pi. IQ—Extraordinaryfeatof Mr. M'Kenzie, p. 27.—Return
fromthe chase,p.28.
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LETTER—No. 5, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
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Anthor'apainting-room,nndclmractersinit,p.!i!9—. lilackfootchief,p.29,pi.11. Oth«r
Blackfoot—cliiefg, and their costumes, p. 30.—Ulackfoot woman and child, p. 30,
—pis.14,13. Scalps,andobjectsforwhichtaken redpipes,and—pipe-stonequarry,p.31.
Blackfootbows,shields,arrowsandlances,p. 3S,33,pi.18. Several distinguished
Ulackfeet,p.34,pig. 14,15,16,17.
LETTER—No. 6, Mouth or Yellow Stone.
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Medicines or mysteries medicine-—bng origin of theword medicine, p. 35.—Modeof
formingthemedicine-bag, p. 36. Valueofthemedicine-bagtotheIndian,andmate-
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rialsfortheirconstruction,p.37,—pi.18, Blackfootdoctorormedicine-man—hismode
ofcurlagthesick,p. 39, pi. 19. Different oflSces and importance of medicine-men,
p.41.
LETTER—No. 7, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
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Crows and Blackfeet General character and appearance, p. 42. Killing and drying
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meat,p.43,pi. 22. Crovr lodge or—wigwam,p.43,pi. 20. Strikingtheir tents and
encamp—ment moving, p. 44, pi.—21. Mode of dressing and—smoking skins,p.45.
Crows Beautyoftheirdresses Horse-stealing or capturing Reasonswhytheyare
calledroguesandrobbersofthefirstorder,&c.p.46.
LETTER—No. 8, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
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Furt..v.remarksonthe Crows Extraordinarylengthofhair—,p.49. Peculiaritiesofthe
Crowhead,andseveralportraits,p.50,pis.24,25,26,27. CrowandBlackfeetwomen
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Their modes of dressin—g and painting,p.—51. Differences between theCrow and
Blackfootlangua—ges,p.51. Di—fferentbands Differentlang ges,and—numbersofthe
Blackfeet,p.52. Knisteneaux Assinneboins,and Ojibbeways,p.53. Assinneboins
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apartof theSioux Theirmodeofboiling—meat,p.54, Pipe-dance,p. 55,—pi. 32.-—
Wi-jun-jon(achief)andwife, pis.20,29. Hisvisit toWashington,p. 56, Dresses
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of womenandchildrenof theAssinneboins, p.57,pi.34. Knisteneaux(orCrees)—
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characterandnumbers,and several portraits,p. 67, pis. 30,31. Ojibbeways Chief
andwife,p.58,pis.35,36.
LETTER—No. 9, Mouth of Yellow Stone.
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Contemplations of the Great Far West and its customs, p. 69. Oldacquaintance,
p. 60.—March and effects of civilization, p.60.—The '<Far West"—TheAuthor in
searchofit,p.62.—Meetingwith "Ba'tiste,"aIrcetrapper,p.63,64.
LETTER—No. 10, Mandan Village, Upper Missouri.
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A strange place Voyage from Mouth of YellowStonedown theriver to Mandans
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Commencement LeaveM'Kenzie'sFort,p. 66. Assinneboinsencampedontheriver
- Wijun-jon lecturingon the customs of wbite people—Mountain-sheep, p. 67.^-
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pWianr.-3e7a,gl3ea.B——CHier—ditzpluymbiecaers,stp,on6e8.——ACw—IinlydbsltiriloTlili—, "Moburinctka-iknieleurs,'—"sTsolleceapn,iop.lem7a0i.n—i,C/pr.iz(x3l9v,
hear nnd cubs —Courageous attack Cano—o robbed, p.71. Ealing our meals on •
pileof drift-wood Enci—impinginthenigbt Vol—uptuoussceneofwildflowers,—bufl'alo
bushandberries,p.72. Adventureafter an elk VVar-purtydiscovered,p.74 Mag-
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nificent—scenery in the "Lirand U6tour"—Stupendous cloy—bluffs Table—land,p.75.
pi.39. Antelopeshooting,p.76, pi. 40. "Gra—ndDome" Prairie dogs Village
Fruitlessendeavourstoshootthem,p.77,pi,4'A, I'icturedbluffandtheThreeDomes,
p.78,pis.43,44.—ArrivalattheMandanvillage,p.79.
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LETTER No. 11, Mandan Vii-laoe.
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Location Village,p.80,pi.4.5. Formerlocations,fortificationoftheirvillage-Descrip-
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tion of—village—and mode—ofconstructing their wigwams,—p.81, 8!2. Descrip—tionof
interior Beds Weapons Family groups,p.82,83,pi.46. Indian garrulity Jokes
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Fire-side fun and story-telling, p. 84. Causes of Indian taciturnity in civilized
society,p.85.
LETTER—No. 12, Mandan Village.
Birsdt'rsa-negyeemveidelwey,ofp.th8e8.v—illMooged,epo.f8d7e,popsi.iti4n7g.t—hTeh—edea"dbiogncscaanffooeld"s—,Mpe.d8i9ci.n—eR-lo^pdegcet—to
thedead—Visitingthe dead—Feeding the dead Converse with the dead-Bonesof
thedead,p.90,pi.48.
LETTER—No. 13, Mandan Village.
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Th5e1,wo5l2f,-5c3h.i—efP—eHresaodn-alchaipepfeaorfantchee--tPriebceu,lipa.r9i2t,iepsi—.4C9omplSeevxeiroanl,ppo.rt9r3a.i—ts,"Cph.e9v2,eupxis.gr.i5s0,,
p.94.——Hairofthemen—I—lai. ofthewomen, p.95,pi.54.—Bathingand swimming,
p.96. Modeofswimming Sudatoriesorvapour-baths,p.97-8,pi.71.
LETTER—No. 14, Mandan Village.
Costumes oftheMandans—Highvaluesetupon them—Twohorses for a head-dress
Madeofwar-eagles'quillsandermine, p. 100,101.—Head-dresseswith horns,p. 103
—AJewishcustom,p.104.
LETTER—No. 15, Mandan Village.
AstonishmentoftheMandansuttheoperationoftheAuthor'sbrush,p.105.—TheAuthor
installedmedicineor medicine-man,p. 106.—Crowdsaroundthe Author—Curiosityto
seeandtotouchhim,p.107,—Superstitiousfearsforthosewhowerepainted,p.108.—
Objections raised to being painted,p.109.—The Author's operations opposed by
Mandandoctor,ormedicine-man,andhowbroughtover,p.110,pi.55.