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.

  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
Date:
[1840]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    23. Jee-he-o-ho-shah, He who cannot be Thrown Down. 24. Wd-kon-ga-shee, No Fool; a very great fop. Used half the day in painting his face, preparing to sit for his picture. 25. Meach-o-shin-gaw, Little White Bear; a spirited and distinguished brave, with a scalping-knife grasped in his hand. 26. O-rdn-gds-see, the Bear Catcher. 27. Chesh-oo-Jiong-ha, the Man of Good Sense ; a handsome young warrior ; style of his head-dress like the Grecian helmet. 28. Hon-je-a-put-o, a woman; wife of O-ron-gas-see. O-SAGE, or WA-SA'W-SEE. A tribe in their primitive state, inhabiting the head waters of the Arkansas and Neosho or Grand Rivers, 700 miles west of the Mississippi. Present numbers of the tribe 5,200, residing in three villages; wigwams built of barks and flags, or reeds. The Osages are the tallest men on the continent; the most of them being over six feet in stature, and many of them seven. This tribe shave the head, leaving a small tuft on the top called the “ scalp-lock.” 29. Cler-mont,-; first Chief of the Tribe; with his war-club in his hand, and his leggins fringed with scalp-locks taken from his enemies’ heads. This man is the son of an old and celebrated chief of that name, who died a few years since. 30. Wdh-chee-te,-; woman and child ; wife of Cler-mont. 31. Tchong-tas-sdh-hee, the Black Dog; second Chief of the Osages; with his pipe in one hand and tomahawk in the other; head shaved, and ornamented with a crest made of the deer’s tail, coloured red. This is the largest man in the Osage nation, and blind in his left eye. 32. Tdl-lee,--; an Osage warrior of distinction; with his shield, bow, and quiver. 33. 34. 35. 36. Wa-ho-bech-ee,-; a Brave; said to be the handsomest man in the nation ; with a profusion of wampum on his neck, and a fan in his hand, made of the eagle’s tail. Mun-ne-pus-kee, He who is not afraid. ] Ko-ha-tunk-a, the Big Crow. Nah-com-ee-shee, Man of the Bed. , Three distinguished young warriors, who desired to be painted on one canvass. 37. Moi-een-e-shee, the Constant Walker.