“Having spent sixteen years in the continual acquaintance with the Indians of the several tribes of the Missouri, represented in Mr. +Catlin’s+ Gallery of Indian Paintings, I was enabled to judge of the correctness of the likenesses, and I _instantly recognized every one of them_, when I looked them over, from the striking resemblance they bore to the originals—so also, of the Landscapes on the Missouri. “HONORE PICOTTE.” ———————————— “The Portraits, in the possession of Mr. +Catlin+, of Pawnee Picts, Kioways, Camanches, Wecos, and Osages, were painted by him _from life_, when on a tour to their country, with the United States Dragoons. The _likenesses_ are good, very easily to be recognized, and the _costumes_ faithfully represented. “HENRY DODGE, Col. of Drag. D. PERKINS. Capt. of Drag. R. H. MASON, Major of Ditto. M. DUNCAN, Ditto. D. HUNTER, Capt. Ditto. T. B. WHEELOCK, Lieut. Drag.” ———————————— “The Landscapes, Buffalo-Hunting scenes, &c. above-mentioned, I have seen, and although it has been thirty years since I travelled over that country; yet a considerable number of them I recognized as faithful representations, and the remainder of them are so much in the peculiar character of that country as to seem entirely familiar to me. “WM. CLARK, _Superintendent of Indian Affairs_.” ———————————— “The Landscape Views on the Missouri, Buffalo Hunts, and other scenes, taken by my friend Mr. +Catlin+, are correct delineations of the scenes they profess to represent, as I am perfectly well acquainted with the country, having passed through it more than a dozen times. And further, I know, that they were taken on the spot, from nature, as I was present when Mr. +Catlin+ visited that country. “JOHN F. A. SANFORD, _U. SS. Indian Agent_.” ———————————— “It gives me great pleasure to be able to pronounce the Landscape Views, Views of Hunting, and other scenes, taken on the Upper Missouri by Mr. +Catlin+, to be correct delineations of the scenery they profess to represent; and although I was not present when they were taken in the field, I was able to identify almost every one between St. Louis and the grand bend of the Missouri. “J. L. BEAN, _S. Agent of Indian Affairs_.” ———————————— “I have examined a series of paintings by Mr. +Catlin+, representing _Indian Buffalo Hunts, Landscapes, &c._, and from an acquaintance of twenty-seven years with such scenes as are represented, I feel qualified to judge them, and do unhesitatingly pronounce them good and unexaggerated representations. “JNO. DOUGHERTY, _Indian Agent for Pawnees, Omahaws, and Otoes_.” LETTER—No. 2.