My Life Among the Indians (1909)

My Life Among the Indians (1909)

George Catlin (1796 â€“1872) was an American painter, author, and traveler of the Old West who specialized in portraits of Native Americans. Travelling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin was the first white man to depict Plains Indians in their native territory.

The author spent eight years traveling among the Indians of the Northwest and the prairies, noting their customs and recording his observations with pen and brush. Catlin published his observation in a multi-volume set of books on the Indian tribes he witnessed.

In "My Life Among the Indians" the parts of Catlin's volumes on the North American Indians which will be of most interest to the public have been condensed and brought together in chronological order.

It is a splendid book to read and to own, being made up from two large volumes of letters written by George Catlin, the well-known painter of Indian subjects. There are sixteen illustrations from the artist's original drawings. Mr. Catlin traveled extensively in the Indian country, making a fine collection of Indian specimens which he afterwards exhibited in this country and in foreign lands. Many of these specimens, together with his paintings, which were so true to life among the Indians, are still preserved in Washington. It was Catlin who, in 1832, made the suggestion that the government should set aside a great National Park in the Yellowstone region.

"Mr. Catlin's scheme, as it then took shape in his mind, and was carried out without deviation, was the formation of an Indian gallery, for which he would use his skill as a painter in securing portraits among the different tribes he would personally visit; in reproducing pictorially their customs, hunt games, and manner of living; in collecting their robes, headdresses, pipes, weapons, musical instruments, and articles of daily life; and in studying their social life, government, and religious views, that he might arrive at their own view of their relation to the world in which they lived. This world he also wished to investigate geographically and topographically. In brief, he wished to see the Indian in his native state, and, if possible, to discover his past. His future he knew. The Indian would disappear before advancing civilization.

"Mr. Catlin's personal equipment for his task was a lithe, alert frame, about five feet eight inches tall, made sturdy and enduring by the outdoor life of his boyhood, a knowledge of woodcraft, a trained eye with the rifle, fine horsemanship, simple habits, a mechanical, even an inventive mind, and great steadfastness of purpose."

CONTENTS
Sketch Of Catlin's Life
I. The Missouri River In The Thirties
II. A Studio Among The Guns
III. Indian Aristocrats: The Crows And Blackfeet
IV. Painting An Indian Dandy
V. Canoeing With Bogard And Batiste
VI. Mandans: The People Of The Pheasants
VII. Social Life Among The Mandans
VIII. The Artist Becomes A Medicine-man
IX. A Mandan Feast
X. The Mandan Women
XI. Mandan Dances And Games
XII. O-kee-pa: A Religious Ceremony
XIII. Dances Of The O-kee-pa
XIV. The Making Of Braves
XV. Mandan Legend Of The Deluge
XVI. Corn Dance Of The Minatarees
XVII. The Attack On The Canoe
XVIII. The Death Of Little Bear: A Sioux Tragedy
XIX. The Dances And Music Of The Sioux
XX. A Dog Feast
XXI. The Buffalo Chase
XXII. A Prairie Fire
XXIII. Songs And Dances Of The Iowas
XXIV. Painting Black Hawk And His Warriors
XXV. With The Army At Fort Gibson
XXVI. Lassoing Wild Horses
XXVII. Visiting The Camanches
XXVIII. The Stolen Boy
XXIX. A Cruel March
XXX. A Choctaw Ball Game
XXXI. Alone With Charley
XXXII. Canoeing On The Upper Mississippi
XXXIII. Painting The Portrait Of Keokuk
XXXIV. The Land Of The Red-pipe Stone
XXXV. The Sad Fate Of Osceola
XXXVI. The Indian As An All-around Man

Originally published in 1909; reformatted for the Kindle; may contain occasional imperfection; original spellings have been kept
Country USA
Author George Catlin
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 308
PublicationDate 2016-01-23
ReleaseDate 2016-01-23

Country	USA
Author	George Catlin
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	308
PublicationDate	2016-01-23
ReleaseDate	2016-01-23

My Life Among the Indians (1909)

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