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
Ojibbeways visit the Mayor in Town-hall--They refuse
wine--Distress of the kind and accommodating
landlord--Indians' first _drive_ about the town of
Manchester--Their curious remarks--Saw some white people
drunk--Many women holding on to men's arms and apparently
not sick--Saw much smoke--Vast many poor people--Indians
commence dancing in the Author's Collection--Effects of the
war-dance and war-whoop upon the audience--Various amusements
of the evening--A rich present to the old Boy-Chief--And
his speech--Numerous presents made--Immense crowd and
excitement--Indians visit a great woollen-factory--Casts
made from their heads by a phrenologist--Visit to Orrell's
cotton-mill at Stockport--Their opinions of it--The party
kindly entertained by Mr. Hollins and lady 111
CHAPTER XII.
Indians on the housetops--Great alarm--Curious excitement--People
proposing to "take them" with ropes--Railway to London--The
"Iron-horse"--"The Iron-horse (locomotive) stops to
drink"--Arrive in London--Alarm of the landlady--Visit from
the Hon. Mr. Murray--Interview with His Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge--Old Chief's speech--War-dance--The Duke
gives them ten sovereigns and ten pounds of tobacco--Indians
ride about the city in an "omnibus and four"--Remarks on what
they saw--The smoke--"Prairies on fire"--Lascars sweeping
the streets--Visit from the Reverend Mr. S.--Impatience to
see the Queen--Great medicine-feast to gain Her Majesty's
consent--Curious ceremony--Hon. Mr. Murray's letter comes
in--The Queen's appointment to see them--Great rejoicing 123
CHAPTER XIII.
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