I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them,… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world. — George Catlin Copy Share Image
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me short of visiting every nation of Indians on the Continent of North America. — George Catlin Copy Share Image
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies,… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
