A descriptive catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery; : containing portraits, landscapes, costumes, &c. And representations of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. / Collected and painted entirely by Mr. Catlin, during seven years' travel amongst 48 tribes, mostly speaking different languages.

George Catlin

Date:: [1842?]

Credit: A descriptive catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery; : containing portraits, landscapes, costumes, &c. And representations of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. / Collected and painted entirely by Mr. Catlin, during seven years' travel amongst 48 tribes, mostly speaking different languages. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$170. Ba-da-ali-clion-du, He who Jumps over Every One; on a wild horse, with war-eagle head-dress on his horse’s and his own head; wdth shield, bow, quiver, and lance; his long hair floating in the wind. GROS-VENTllES (MrN-A'TAR-R'EES), People op the Willows. A siiiall tribe, near neighbours and friends of the Mandans, speaking the Crow language, and probably have, at a former period, strayed away from them; numberino* about l.lOd. O ' 171. the Black Mocasiii. Chief; over a hundred years old ; sits in his lodge, smoking a handsome pipe ; his arms and ornaments hanging on a post by the side of his bed. (Since dead.) 172. Ee-a-cMn-cJie-a, the Bed Tliimder ; the son of the Black Mocasin (No. 171), represented in the costume of a warrior. 173. Pa-ris-]ia-r6o-pa,i\ie'T\YO Crows; with a handsome shirt, ornamented with ermine, and necklace of grizzly bears’ claws. This man is now the head Chief of the tribe. 174. ( )f-; woman, the wife of the Two Crows (No. 173.) 175. Seetse-he-a, the Mid-day Sun; a pretty girl, in mountain sheep-skin dress, and fan of the eagle’s tail in her hand. . CREES (KNTS-TE-NE'UX). A small tribe of 4,000, in Her Majesti/s dominions, neighbours of the Black Feet, and always at war with them ; desperate warriors; small and light in stature. Half of them have recently died of the smallpox since I was amongst them. 176. Eeh-toiv-wees~]m-%eet^ He who has Eyes behind him; one of the fore¬ most braves of the tribe, in a handsome dress. This man visited Washington with the Indian agent. Major Sanford, a few years since. 177. Tsee-mowrit, a Great Wonder ; woman carrying her Infant in her robe. 178. Toic-ee-ha-wety-; woman. AS-Si'N-NE-BOINS (STONE BOILERS). A tribe of 8,000, occupying the country from the mouth of the Yellow Stone River to Lake Wirinepeg, in her British Majesty’s dominions, speaking the Sioux or Dahcota language, ranging about like them, in skin lodges, and no doubt a$

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