The breath of life, or, Mal-respiration : and its effects upon the enjoyments & life of man (manu-graph) / by Geo. Catlin.

  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The breath of life, or, Mal-respiration : and its effects upon the enjoyments & life of man (manu-graph) / by Geo. Catlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 0 viz. -that they could i^ccollect hut thru deaths cf- thilclven. within, that spct.cc of time ; one ofthe.se, -wots drowned ctsecbnd one was hilled by -the kick o/^/^/Je and ~f he third one was kitten hy a Rattle b'nahe ■ o/his small trihcj or /hand, living nearlhchase of the Jtcarai Jllonntcitni ,i-escmh1ed very much ini/ieirpersonal ceppeetretnee. and modes of life, the numerous hands arcane] -them,- all rrxourdtoL on ooocl horses ■ livino in. cecoiuxiry of grccti profits to it , hoth of animal and -vecet aide food <Dhe_ afleepy £ycs. a. celehvated chief ofaTb ceitcl of SloveY- in w/fc it. j living hdween -ike heetdvvatcrs afikt ^Alissisnppi and ^Alissouri Olivers, in re ply 1c similarquestions alsotolel nte-that inhis hand of l$66.hc could ixof lectrix. - from the vrom.cn -that theyhotel lost any of l/icir children in t/i at time , except %omttwo ov-thvee who ha el cliccl- from cteciclcnTs . told me -f/tctt the women of h.t.strdie IzclcI no ntsf antes of Still -horn childrenand tiny Seemed mot cventc know the rnecnxing of S^hortions • d3ceth c cl him if cmy of their children wcvetver hntwn to die from the patens of dtcH-ino their teeth ,-fo which he repli ed^hctr they celweiyS sccmf« Suffer more orlcss at thctt- poriod- hut that he clicl not helicve. that in the whole Sioax Urlhe. a child ever ditclfromthaf Caasc ■ f 7}/vL> J-tl-Ll. JJfirt^^ot dit^y v*CnL<^-Jvnsm.Ll<:i~i- C<^cLJ(<-<~~ ) yJtmoixyst ihetrihe of Mian dans, cnxllie upper 111c;- Souvl . ci.tri he of 3.0oo . oend livinc entirely in1heir prime five state .S'leaxmcelfronxthe Chief's ,-thcetthe deaih of a. child u ii clcr t)ic age of 10. years was ctvery iinusna.1. occurrence, • cm cl from an ex. am in cition. ofihe de.ct.dhc c/i'es iii their Cemetery, cifthe bach of their villagewhich were cnvellopcd m.sJtms, and Vcstino scpctrcdcly, on liHle se a/folds of pola erect-eel cm. the prairies , cmicnoitsomc ItfO. of such J1 could discover hut the cnthalmmerds ef- deveix, children., which strongly corroborated in Diynu'iui the statements mctcleto-nxe hythe Chiefs, asto the iinfrt^-