Volume 1 — A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CATLIN’S INDIAN COLLECTION; (continued 2)

540. Min-nis-sin-noo, a Brave Warrior; 3 years old.

541. Uh-wus-sig-gee-zigh-gook-kway, the Woman of the Upper World; 38 years old.

542. Pappoose, born in Salle Valentino, Paris.

543. Death of the White Buffalo. A feat of the Mandan Chiefs.

544. A Sioux War Council. The Chief Waneton speaking, and asking of the head Chief a war-party to go against the Sacs and Foxes.

545. Battle between the Sioux and Sacs and Foxes. The Sioux Chief killed and scalped on his horse’s back. An historical fact.

546. The Death of Ha-wan-je-tah, the One Horn; head Chief of the Sioux.

Having been the accidental cause of the death of his only son, he threw himself in the way of a buffalo-bull. (See Catlin’s Notes, vol. ii., for a full account.)

547. The Long Speech.

It is an invariable rule amongst Indians, that while any one speaks in council no one can rise. See-non-ty-a (the Blistered Feet), a great medicine-man, made his favourite boast, that when he once rose in an Ioway council of war it happened unfortunately for the council that “he began to speak just as it began to snow.”

548. Battle of the Buffalo Bulls.

549. Buffaloes crossing a Ravine in a snow-drift.

550. Buffaloes crossing the Missouri on the ice.

551. Grisly Bears attacking a Buffalo Bull.

552. Indians spearing Salmon at Night by Torchlight.

553. Deer-hunting by Moonlight.

554. Deer-hunting by Torchlight, in bark canoes.

555. War Party attacked in their Camp at Night.

INDIAN CURIOSITIES AND MANUFACTURES.

Amongst this most extensive and valuable collection of them in existence, a few of the most remarkable are

A CROW LODGE, OR WIGWAM.

A very splendid thing, brought from the foot of the Rocky Mountains, twenty-five feet in height, made of buffalo-skins, garnished and painted. The poles (thirty in number) of pine, cut in the Rocky Mountains, have been long in use, were purchased with the lodge, and brought the whole distance. This wigwam stands in the middle of the gallery, and will shelter eighty or more persons.

Indian Cradles, for carrying their pappooses. Lances, Calumets or Pipes of Peace, Ordinary Pipes, Tomahawks, Scalping Knives, and Scalps.

A very full and valuable collection of Men and Women’s Dresses from the different tribes, garnished and fringed with scalp-locks from their enemies’ heads, Bows, Quivers, Spears, Shields, War-Eagle and Raven Head-dresses, Necklaces, Mocassins, Belts, Pouches, War-Clubs, Robes, Mantles, Tobacco-Sacks, Wampums, Whistles, Rattles, Drums, Indian Saddles, Masks for their Mystery Dances, &c. &c.

Amongst the immense collection of Indian curiosities, &c., too numerous to be described in the catalogue, there are Skulls from different tribes, of very great interest; and particularly several from the Flat-heads, showing perfectly the character of this unaccountable custom, and also the Flat-head cradles, illustrating the process by which these artificial distortions are produced.

Indian Cloths, Robes, &c., manufactured by the Indians from the mountain sheep’s wool, and from wild dogs’ hair, beautifully spun, coloured, and woven.

END OF VOL. I.