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Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (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. 2 (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. 2 (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: U. STATES’ INDIAN FRONTIER IN 1840.

  _Showing the Positions of the Tribes that have been removed west of
  the Mississippi._]

                             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. II.

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

                                CONTENTS
                                   OF
                           THE SECOND VOLUME.

                             LETTER—No. 32.

Cantonment Leavenworth, p. 1, 15.—Shiennes, p. 2.—Portraits of, pls.
  115, 116.—Floyd’s Grave, p. 4, pl. 118.—Black Bird’s Grave, p. 5, pl.
  117.—Beautiful grassy bluffs, p. 8, pls. 119, 120.—Mandan remains,
  p. 9, pl. 121.—Belle Vue, p. 11, pl. 122.—Square hills, p. 11, pl.
  123.—Mouth of Platte, p. 13, pl. 125.—Buffaloes crossing, p. 13, pl.
  126.

                             LETTER—No. 33.

Grouse shooting before the burning prairies, p. 16.—Prairie bluffs
  burning, p. 17, pl. 127.—Prairie meadows burning, p. 17, pl. 128.

                             LETTER—No. 34.

Ioways, p. 22, pls. 129, 130, 132.—Konzas, p. 22, pls. 133, 134, 135,
  136.—Mode of shaving the head, p. 23.—Pawnees, p. 24.—Small-pox
  amongst Pawnees, p. 25.—Major Dougherty’s opinion of the Fur Trade,
  p. 26.—Grand Pawnees, p. 27, pls. 138, 139, 140.—Ottoes, p. 27, pls.
  143, 144.—Omahas, p. 27, pls. 145, 146.

                             LETTER—No. 35.

St. Louis, p. 29.—Loss of Indian curiosities, &c.—Governor Clarke, p.
  30.

                             LETTER—No. 36.

Pensacola, Florida—Perdido, p. 32.—Pine woods of Florida, p. 33, pl.
  147.—Santa Rosa Island, p. 33, pl. 148.—Prophecy, p. 34.—Start for
  Camanchee country, p. 35.

                             LETTER—No. 37.

Transit up the Arkansas river, p. 36.—Fort Gibson, 1st regiment United
  States’ Dragoons reviewed, p. 38.—Equipping and starting of Dragoons
  for the Camanchee country, p. 38, 39.

                             LETTER—No. 38.

Fort Gibson, p. 40.—Osages, p. 41.—Portraits of Osages, p. 41, pls.
  150, 151, 152, 3, 4, 5, 6.—Former and present condition of, p. 43,
  44.—Start for Camanchees and Pawnee Picts, p. 44.

                             LETTER—No. 39.

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