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Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 2): With letters and notes, written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existingCatlin, George

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Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 2): With letters and notes, written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing

Name: Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 2): With letters and notes, written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing
Author: Catlin, George

Catlin, George

Indians of North America

[Illustration: _G. Catlin_

  _The Author painting a Chief at the base of the Rocky Mountains._]




                             ILLUSTRATIONS
                                 OF THE
                    _MANNERS, CUSTOMS, & CONDITION_
                                 OF THE
                        NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.

                       =With Letters and Notes=,

     +Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the
           Wildest and most Remarkable Tribes now Existing+.

                          +By+ GEORGE CATLIN.

                                  WITH
             _THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS_
                 FROM THE AUTHOR’S ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.

                             [Illustration]

                        IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. I.

                               =London:=
                      CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY.
                                 1876.


                                LONDON:
                      PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO.,
                       172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C.




                                CONTENTS
                                   OF
                           THE FIRST VOLUME.


+Frontispiece+:—_The Author painting a Chief in an Indian Village._

+Map+ _of_ +Indian Localities+ _embraced within the Author’s Travels_.


                             LETTER—No. 1.

Wyöming, birth-place of the Author, p. 2.—His former Profession—First
  cause of his Travels to the Indian Country—Delegation of Indians in
  Philadelphia—First start to the Far West, in 1832, p. 3.—Design of
  forming a National Gallery—Numbers of Tribes visited, and number of
  Paintings and other things collected, p. 4.—Probable extinction of
  the Indians, p. 5.—Former and present numbers of—The proper mode of
  approaching them, and estimating their character, p. 5–10.

+Certificates+ _of Government Officers, Indian Agents and others, as to
  the fidelity of the Portraits and other Paintings_, p. 11–13.


                             LETTER—No. 2.

Mouth of Yellow Stone, p. 14, pl. 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 the Arts—Beautiful Models, p. 14–16.


                 LETTER—+No. 3, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.

Character of Missouri River, p. 18, pl. 4.—Beautiful prairie shores, p.
  19, pl. 5.—Picturesque clay bluffs, p. 19, pl. 6.—First appearance of
  a steamer at the Yellow Stone, and curious conjectures of the Indians
  about it, p. 20.—Fur Company’s Establishment at the mouth of Yellow
  Stone—M‘Kenzie—His table and politeness, p. 21.—Indian tribes in this
  vicinity, p. 22.


                 LETTER—+No. 4, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.

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