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
Catlin, George
Indians of North America
A strange place—Voyage from Mouth of Yellow Stone down the river to
Mandans—Commencement—Leave M‘Kenzie’s Fort, p. 66.—Assinneboins
encamped on the river Wi-jun-jon lecturing on the customs of white
people—Mountain-sheep, p. 67,—War-eagles—Grizzly bears, p. 68.—Clay
bluffs, “brick-kilns,” volcanic remains, p. 69, pls. 37, 38.—Red
pumice stone—A wild stroll—Mountaineer’s sleep, p. 70.—Grizzly bear
and cubs—Courageous attack—Canoe robbed, p. 71.—Eating our meals
on a pile of drift-wood—Encamping in the night—Voluptuous scene of
wild flowers, buffalo bush and berries, p. 72.—Adventure after an
elk—War-party discovered, p. 74.—Magnificent scenery in the “Grand
Détour”—Stupendous clay bluffs—Table land, p. 75, pl. 39.—Antelope
shooting, p. 76, pl. 40.—“Grand Dome”—Prairie dogs—Village—Fruitless
endeavours to shoot them, p. 77, pl. 42.—Pictured bluff and the Three
Domes, p. 78, pls. 43, 44.—Arrival at the Mandan village, p. 79.
LETTER—+No. 11, Mandan Village+.
Location—Village, p. 80, pl. 45.—Former locations fortification of
their village—Description of village and mode of constructing their
wigwams, p. 81, 82.—Description of interior—Beds—Weapons—Family
groups, p. 82, 83, pl. 46.—Indian garrulity—Jokes—Fire-side fun and
story-telling, p. 84.—Causes of Indian taciturnity in civilized
society, p. 85.
LETTER—+No. 12, Mandan Village+.
Bird’s-eye view of the village, p. 87, pl. 47.—The “big
canoe”—Medicine-lodge—A strange medley, p. 88.—Mode of depositing
the dead on scaffolds, p. 89.—Respect to the dead—Visiting the
dead—Feeding the dead—Converse with the dead—Bones of the dead, p.
90, pl. 48.
LETTER—+No. 13, Mandan Village+.
The wolf-chief—Head-chief of the tribe, p. 92, pl.
49.—Several portraits, p. 92, pls. 50, 51, 52, 53.—Personal
appearance—Peculiarities—Complexion, p. 93.—“Cheveux gris,” p.
94.—Hair of the men—Hair of the women, p. 95, pl. 54.—Bathing and
swimming, p. 96.—Mode of swimming—Sudatories or vapour-baths, p.
97–8, pl. 71.
LETTER—+No. 14, Mandan Village+.
Costumes of the Mandans—High value set upon them—Two horses for
a head-dress—Made of war-eagles’ quills and ermine, p. 100,
101.—Head-dresses with horns, p. 103.—A Jewish custom, p. 104.
LETTER—+No. 15, Mandan Village+.
Astonishment of the Mandans at the operation of the Author’s
brush, p. 105.—The Author installed medicine or medicine-man,
p. 106.—Crowds around the Author—Curiosity to see and to touch
him, p. 107.—Superstitious fears for those who were painted, p.
168.—Objections raised to being painted, p. 109.—The Author’s
operations opposed by a Mandan doctor, or medicine-man, and how
brought over, p. 110, pl. 55.
LETTER—+No. 16, Mandan Village+.
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