Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2): being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian CollectionCatlin, George
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Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2): being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection
Catlin, George
England -- Description and travel; France -- Description and travel; Indians of North America
251. _Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah_, the Man who tracks; a Chief; remarkably
fine head.
This man would never drink whisky.
252. _Wap-sha-ka-náh_, ----; a brave.
253. _Kee-mo-rá-nia_, No English; a beau; his face curiously
painted, and looking-glass in his hand.
PI-AN-KE-SHAW.
A frontier tribe, reduced, as _above_; present number 170.
254. _Ni-a-có-mo_, to Fix with the Foot; a brave.
255. _Men-són-se-ah_, the Left Hand; a fierce-looking warrior,
with a stone hatchet in his hand.
Í-O-WAY.
A small tribe on the frontier, reduced by smallpox and their
enemies; living on the Missouri; number about 1400. Uncivilized
fine-looking men.
256. _Notch-ee-níng-a_, No Heart, called "White Cloud;" Chief of
the tribe; necklace of grisly bears' claws, and shield, bow
and arrows in his hand.
257. _Pah-ta-cóo-chee_, the Shooting Cedar; a brave, with war-club
on his arm.
258. _No-o-mún-nee_, He who walks in the Rain; warrior, with his
pipe and tobacco-pouch in his hand.
259. _W'y-ee-yogh_, the Man of Sense; a brave, with a handsome
pipe in his hand, and bears' claw necklace on his neck.
260. _Wos-cóm-mun_, the Busy Man; a brave.
262. _Mún-ne-o-ye_, ----; woman.
SEN-E-CAS.
Near Lake Erie, State of New York. 1200, semi-civilized and
agricultural. One of the tribes composing the great compact called
the "Six Nations."
263. _Red Jacket_, Head Chief of the tribe; full-length, life
size, standing on the "Table Rock," Niagara Falls.
This man was chief for many years, and so remained until his death,
in 1831. Perhaps no Indian Sachem has ever lived on our frontier
whose name and history are better known, or whose talents have been
more generally admitted, than those of Red Jacket: he was, as a
savage, very great in _council_ and in _war_.
264. ( ), Deep Lake; an old Chief.
265. ( ), Round Island; warrior, half-blood.
A very handsome fellow.
266. ( ), Hard Hickory; a very ferocious-looking, but a mild and
amiable man.
267. ( ), Good Hunter; a warrior.
268. ( ), ---- String; a warrior, renowned.
269. ( ), Seneca Steele; a great libertine. Hatchet in his hand.
O-NEI-DA.
Remnant of a tribe, State of New York, one of the "Six Nations;"
present number, 600.
270. ( ), Bread; the Chief, half-blood, civilized.
A fine-looking and an excellent man.
TUS-KA-RÓ-RA.
New York, remnant of a numerous tribe, one of the confederacy of
the "Six Nations;" present number, 500; semi-civilized.
271. _Cú-sick_, ----; son of the Chief. Civilized and
Christianized.
This man is a Baptist preacher, and quite an eloquent man.
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