A descriptive catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery : containing portraits, landscapes, costumes, &c., and representations of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. Collected and painted entirely by Mr. Catlin ... Exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London.

  • George Catlin
Date:
[1840]
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery : containing portraits, landscapes, costumes, &c., and representations of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. Collected and painted entirely by Mr. Catlin ... Exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    131. Mah-to-toh-pa, the Four Bears; in undress, being in mourning, with a few locks of his hair cut off. His hair put up in plaits or slabs, with glue and red paint, a custom of the tribe. The scars on his breast, arms, and legs, show that he has several times in his life submitted to the propitiatory tortures represented in four paintings, Nos. 505, 506, 507, 508. 132. Seehk-hee-da, the Mouse-coloured Feather, or <<r White Eyebrows a very noted Brave, with a beautiful pipe in his hand ; his hair quite yellow. This man was killed by the Sioux, and scalped, two years after I painted his portrait: his scalp lies on the table, No. 10. 133. Mi-neek-ee-sunh-te-ka, the Mink ; a beautiful Mandan Girl, in mountain sheep-skin dress, ornamented with porcupine quills, beads, and elk’s teeth. 134. Sha-ko-ka, Mint. A very pretty and modest girl, twelve years of age, with grey hair! peculiar to the Mandans. This unaccountable peculiarity belongs to the Mandans alone, and about one in twelve, of both sexes, and of all ages, have the hair of a bright silvery grey, and exceedingly coarse and harsh, somewhat like a horse’s mane. 135. U'n-ka-hah-hon-shee-kow, the Long Finger Nails ; a Brave. 136. Mah-talip-ta-liah, the One who Rushes through the Middle. 137—138—139—140—141—142. San-ja-ka-ko-koh, the Deceiving Wolf; and five others, in a group; names not preserved. SH'I-EN'NE. A small, but very valiant tribe of 3,000, neighbours of the Sioux, on the west, between the Black Hills and the Rocky Mountains: a very tall race of men, second in stature to the Osages. 143. Ne-hee-6-ee-woo-tis, the Wolf on the Hill. Chief of the Tribe ; a noble and fine-looking fellow : this man has been known to own 100 horses at one time. 144. Tis-se-woo-na-tis, She who Bathes her Knees ; Wife of the Chief (No. 143) ; her hair in braid. FLAT HEADS, or NEZ PERCES. On the head waters of the Columbia, west of the Rocky Mountains. 145. Hee-ohrks-te-kin, the Rabbit’s Skin Leggins; a Brave, iq a very beau¬ tiful dress.
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