"I have, for many years past, contemplated the……" — George Catlin
"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 away at the approach of civilization."
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11 Quotes by George Catlin
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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…
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The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best…
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The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe…
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The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first…
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I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand…
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A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the…
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Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
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The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror…
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If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me short of visiting every nation of Indians on the Continent of…
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The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last…
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