Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 2 (of 2): being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian CollectionCatlin, George
History
Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 2 (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
Arrival of fourteen Ioway Indians in London--Their lodgings
in St. James's Street--The Author visits them--Their
portraits and names--Mr. Melody, their conductor--Jeffrey
Doraway, their interpreter--Landlady's alarm--Indians
visit the Author's Collection in the Egyptian
Hall--Arrangement to dance in the Collection--The
Doctor (Medicine or Mystery man) on top of the
Hall--Their first drive in a bus--Doctor's appearance
outside--Indians' first impressions of London--Lascars
sweeping the streets--Man with a big nose--The
Doctor lost, and found on the housetop--Their first
exhibition in Egyptian Hall--Eagle-dance--The Doctor's
speech--Great amusement of the ladies--His description
of the railroad from Liverpool to London--War-dance,
great applause--The "jolly fat dame"--She presents
a gold bracelet to the Doctor by mistake--Her
admiration of the _Roman-nose_--War-whoop--Description
of--Approaching-dance--Wolf-song, and description
of--Great amusement of the audience--Shaking
hands--Mistake with the bracelet Page 1
CHAPTER XVIII.
Character of the Doctor (_mystery_ or _medicine man_)--An
omnibus-drive--The Doctor's admiration of the
"jolly fat dame"--Jealousy--War-dress and war-paint
of the _Roman-nose_--His appearance--He leads the
War-dance--The Welcome-dance, and Bear-dance--Description
of--Pipe-of-peace (or Calumet) dance, and
Scalp-dance--_Chip-pe-ho-la_ (_the Author_)--Speech
of the War-chief--The "jolly fat dame"--She presents a
gold bracelet to _Roman-nose_--Jealousy and distress
of the Doctor--She converses with Daniel--Two reverend
gentlemen converse with the Indians about religion--Reply
of White-cloud and War-chief--Questions by the reverend
gentlemen--Answers by the War-chief--Indians invited to
breakfast with Mr. Disraeli, M.P., Park Lane--Indians'
toilette and dress--The Doctor and Jim (Wash-ka-mon-ya)
fasting for the occasion 27
CHAPTER XIX.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account