George Catlin Quotes

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• 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 the…
• The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed…
• The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the…
• The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very…
• 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,…
• A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the men…
• Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
• I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting…
• The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is…
• If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me short of visiting every nation of Indians on the Continent of North America.
• The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest…

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