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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

Mouth of the False Washita and Red River, p. 45.—Beautiful prairie
  country, p. 45.—Arkansas grapes.—Plums.—Wild roses, currants,
  gooseberries, prickly pears, &c. p. 46.—Buffalo chase, p. 46.—Murder
  of Judge Martin and family, p. 47.


                             LETTER—No. 40.

Sickness at the Mouth of False Washita—one-half of the regiment start
  for the Camanchees, under command of Col. Dodge, p. 49.—Sickness of
  General Leavenworth, and cause of, p. 50.—Another buffalo hunt, p. 51.


                             LETTER—No. 41.

Great Camanchee village, Texas, p. 53.—A stampedo, p. 53.—Meeting
  a Camanchee war party, and mode of approaching them, p. 55, pl.
  157.—They turn about and escort the Dragoons to their village,
  p. 56.—Immense herds of buffaloes, p. 56.—Buffaloes breaking
  through the ranks of the Dragoon regiment, p. 57, pl. 158.—Wild
  horses—sagacity of—wild horses at play, p. 57, pl. 160.—Joe Chadwick
  and I “_creasing_” a wild horse, p. 58.—Taking the wild horse with
  laso, and “breaking down,” p. 58, pls. 161, 162.—Chain of the Rocky
  Mountain, p. 60.—Approach to the Camanchee village, p. 61, pl.
  163.—Immense number of Camanchee horses—prices of—Capt. Duncan’s
  purchase, p. 62, 63.


                             LETTER—No. 42.

Description of the Camanchee village, and view of, p. 64, pl.
  164.—Painting a family group, p. 165.—Camanchees moving, p. 64,
  pl. 166.—Wonderful feats of riding, p. 65, pl. 167.—Portraits of
  Camanchee chiefs, p. 67, pls. 168, 169, 170, 171, 172.—Estimates of
  the Camanchees, p. 68.—Pawnee Picts, Kiowas, and Wicos, p. 69.


                             LETTER—No. 43.

The regiment advance towards the Pawnee village—Description and
  view of the Pawnee village, p. 70, pl. 173.—Council in the Pawnee
  village—Recovery of the son of Judge Martin, and the presentation of
  the three Pawnee and Kiowa women to their own people, p. 71.—Return
  of the regiment to the Camanchee village, p. 72.—Pawnee Picts,
  portraits of, p. 73, pls. 174, 175, 176, 177.—Kiowas, p. 74, pls.
  178, 179, 180, 181.—Wicos, portraits of, p. 75, pl. 182.


                             LETTER—No. 44.

Camp Canadian—Immense herds of buffaloes—Great slaughter of
  them—Extraordinary sickness of the command, p. 76.—Suffering from
  impure water—sickness of the men, p. 77.—Horned frogs—Curious
  adventure in catching them, p. 78.—Death of General Leavenworth and
  Lieutenant M‘Clure, p. 78.


                             LETTER—No. 45.

Return to Fort Gibson—Severe and fatal sickness at that place—Death
  of Lieutenant West, p. 80.—Death of the Prussian Botanist and his
  servant, p. 81.—Indian Council at Fort Gibson, p. 82.—Outfits of
  trading-parties to the Camanchees—Probable consequences of, p.
  83.—Curious minerals and fossil shells collected and thrown away,
  p. 85.—Mountain ridges of fossil shells, of iron and gypsum, p.
  86.—Saltpetre and salt, p. 86.


                             LETTER—No. 46.

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