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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. errata to 1 pelure, I Dn d D 32X IWHW," --*!»*«*»•...^a^f«,**', I ! ^J '•«^?>,'/ .;,v..^"^^' ^''''^^^C^^f^.^^^/^,,/:^^^^^^^^^ i^- ILLUSTRATIONS m OK TIIF. MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CONDITION OP TUB 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, .fC.d'.o w WITHTHREE HUNDRED AND SIXTYENGRAVINGS, FROM THB ^utI)or'fl (!^rtatnal ^atnttngtf. BY GEO. CATLIN. mm- IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. SEVENTH EDITION. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCXLVTIL i m C.andJ. AUIard,PrlnUra,UartholomewCIomi — CONTENTS THE FIRST VOLUME. Frontispiece-.—TheAuthorpaintingaChief inan Indian Village, MapofIndian LocalitieiembracedwithintheAuthor'iTraveit. LETTER—No. 1. — — Wyoming, birth-place of the Author,p.2. His formerProfession Firstcavseof his — — TravelstotheIndianCountry DelegationofIndiansin Philadelphia First start to theFarWest,in1832,p.3.—DesignofformingaNationalGallery——NumbersofTribes visited,andnumberofPaintingsandotherthingscollected,p.4. Probableextinction — 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. — — Mouth of Yellofv Stone, p. 14, pi. 3. Distance from St. Louis Difficulties of the — — 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. — — Characterof Missouri River, p.18, pi.4. Beautiful prairieshores,p.19,pi.5. Pic- — turesqueclaybluffs, p.19,pi.6. Firstappearance ofasteamerattheYellowStone, — 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. ' A 2 —— ,J If LETTER—No. 5, Mouth of Yellow Stone. — 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. — — Medicines or mysteries medicine-—bng origin of theword medicine, p. 35.—Modeof formingthemedicine-bag, p. 36. Valueofthemedicine-bagtotheIndian,andmate- — 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. — — Crows and Blackfeet General character and appearance, p. 42. Killing and drying — — 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. — — Furt..v.remarksonthe Crows Extraordinarylengthofhair—,p.49. Peculiaritiesofthe Crowhead,andseveralportraits,p.50,pis.24,25,26,27. CrowandBlackfeetwomen — — 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 — — 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 — of womenandchildrenof theAssinneboins, p.57,pi.34. Knisteneaux(orCrees)— — — characterandnumbers,and several portraits,p. 67, pis. 30,31. Ojibbeways Chief andwife,p.58,pis.35,36. LETTER—No. 9, Mouth of Yellow Stone. — 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. — A strange place Voyage from Mouth of YellowStonedown theriver to Mandans — — Commencement LeaveM'Kenzie'sFort,p. 66. Assinneboinsencampedontheriver - Wijun-jon lecturingon the customs of wbite people—Mountain-sheep, p. 67.^- ' ——A 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- — — 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. — LETTER No. 11, Mandan Vii-laoe. — — Location Village,p.80,pi.4.5. Formerlocations,fortificationoftheirvillage-Descrip- — 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 — — 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. — 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.