 | Catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery of portraits, landscapes, manners and customs, costumes, &c., collected during seven years' travel amongst thirty-eight different tribes, speaking different languages. |  |
LANDSCAPES.
321 St. Louis, from the River below, in 1833.
322 View on Upper Mississippi, beautiful Prairie Bluffs.
323 "Bad Axe" battle ground, where Black Hawk was
defeated by General Atkinson, above Prairie Du
Chien.324 Chippeways gathering wild rice, near the source of
St. Peters; shelling the rice into their bark canoes,
by bending it over, and whipping it with sticks.325 View near "Prairie La Crosse," beautiful Prairie
Bluffs, above Prairie Du Chien—Upper Mississippi.226 "Cap o'lail" (garlie cape) do. do.
327 Pieturesque Bluffs above Prairie Du Chien. do.
328 "Pike's Tent," the highest Bluff on the River. do.
329 Viewof the "Cornice Rocks," and "Pike's Tent," in
distance, 750 miles above St. Louis, on Upper Mississippi.330 "Lover's Leap," on Lake Pepin, Upper Mississippi.
331 Falls of St. Anthony, 900 miles above St. Louis, perpendicular
fall, eighteen feet, Upper Mississippi.332 Madame Ferrebault's Prairie from the River above—
the author and his companion descending the River
in a bark canoe, above Prairie Du Chien, Upper
Mississippi.333 "Little Falls," near the Falls of St. Anthony, on a
small stream.334 "La Montaigne que tremps l' eau," Mississippi, above
Prairie Du Chien.335 Cassville, below Prairie Du Chien, Upper Mississippi.
336 Dubuque, do.
337 Galena, do.
338 Rock Island, U. S. Garrison, Upper Mississippi.
339 Beautiful Prairie Bluffs, do.
340 Dubuque's Grave, do.
341 River Bluffs, magnificent view, do.
342 Fort Snelling, at the mouth of St. Peters, U. S.
Garrison, seven miles below the Falls of St. Anthony,
Upper Mississippi.343 Prairie Du Chien, five hundred miles above St.
Louis, Upper Mississippi, U. S. Garrison.344 Chippeway village, and dog feast at the Falls of St.
Anthony—lodges built with birch bark, Upper
Mississippi.345 Sioux village, Lake Calhoun, near Fort Snelling,—
lodges built with poles.346 "Coteau Des Prairies," head waters of St. Peters—
encamping at sun-set.347 "Pipe stone quarry," on the Coteau Des Prairies, the
place where the Indians get the stone for all their
red pipes, three hundred miles N. W. from the
Falls of St. Anthony, on the divide between the
St. Peters and Missouri. The mineral, red steatite—variety
differing from any other known locality—wall
of solid, compact quartz, grey and
rose color, highly polished, as if vitrified; the
wall is two miles in length, and thirty feet high
with a beautiful cascade leaping from its top into a
basin. On the Prairie, at the base of the wall, the
pipe clay (steatite) is dug up, at two and three feet
depth. There are seen five immense granite boulders,
under which there are two squaws, who
eternally dwell there—the guardian spirits of the
place—and must be consulted, before the pipestone
can be dug up.348 Sault De St. Mary's—Indians catching white fish in
the rapids, at the outlet of Lake Superior.349 Sault De St. Mary's, from the Canada shore, Lake
Superior.350 View on the St. Peter's River.
351 View on the St. Peter's—Sioux Indians pursuing a
stag, in their canoes.352 Salt Meadows on the Upper Missouri, and great herds
of buffalo—incrustation of salt, which looks like
snow.353 Pawnee Village in Texas, at the base of a spur of the
Rocky Mountains—lodges thatched with prairie
grass.354 View on the Canadian, in Texas.
354½ View of the junction of Red River, with the False Wa-shitta
in Texas.355 Camanche Village, in Texas, showing a spur of the
Rocky Mountains in distance—lodges made of
buffalo skins.356 View on the Wisconsin—Winnebagoes shooting
ducks.357 Lac du Cygn (Swan Lake) near the Couteau Des
Prairies.358 Beautiful Savannah in the pine woods of Florida.
359 View on Lake St. Croix, Upper Mississippi.
360 View on the Canadian—Dragoons crossing, 1834.
361 Ta-wah-que-nah, or Rocky Mountain, near the Camanche
Village, Texas.362 Mandan Village, Upper Missouri, 1800 miles above
St. Louis—earth-covered lodges—surrounded by
a piquet eighteen feet high.363 Camanche Village, and Dragoons approaching it—
shewing the hospitable manner in which they were
received by the Camanches.363½ White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, and Seminoles
drying fish, near Pensacola.364 View of the "Stone Man Medicine," Coteau Des Prairies.
365 Fort Winnebago, on the head of Fox River.
366 Fort Howard, Green Bay.
367 Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
368 The "Shot Tower," Wisconsin.
369 Passing the "Grand Chute" with bark canoe, Fox
River.370 View of Mackinaw, Lake Michigan.
371 View in the "Cross Timbers," where General Leavenworth
died, 1824.372 View on Lower Missouri—alluvial banks falling in,
with their huge cotton woods, forming raft and
snags, 600 miles above St. Louis.373 View on Upper Missouri—the "Black Bird's Grave,"
where the "Black Bird," Chief of the Omahas, was
buried on his favorite war horse, which was alive
under him, 1100 miles above St. Louis.374 View on Upper Missouri—"Black Bird's Grave," a
back view.375 View on Upper Missouri—"Brick Kilns," volcanic
remains—clay bluffs 200 feet, supporting large
masses of red pumice, 1900 miles above St Louis.376 View on Upper Missouri—Foot War party on the
march—beautiful prairie—spies or scouts in advance.377 View on Upper Missouri—View of Prairie Bluffs at
sun-rising, near Mouth of Yellow Stone.378 View on Upper Missouri—Mouth of the Platte; its
junction with the Missouri, 900 miles above St.
Louis.379 View on Upper Missouri—Magnificent Clay Bluffs,
1800 miles above St. Louis.380 View on Upper Missouri—Cabane's trading house,—
Fur Company's Establishment, 930 miles above St.
Louis.381 View on Upper Missouri—View in the Grand Détour,
1150 miles above St. Louis.382 View on Upper Missouri—Beautiful grassy Bluffs,
1100 miles above St. Louis.383 View on Upper Missouri—Prairie Meadows burning,
and a party of Indians running from it.384 View on Upper Missouri—Prairie Bluffs burning.
385 View on Upper Missouri—"Floyd's Grave," where
Lewis and Clarke buried Sergeant Floyd, thirty-three
years since.386 View on Upper Missouri—Sioux encamped, and
dressing buffalo meat.387 View on Upper Missouri—"The Tower," 1100 miles
above St. Louis.388 View on Upper Missouri—Distant view of the Mandan
Village, 1800 miles above St. Louis.389 View on Upper Missouri—Picturesque Clay Bluff,
1700 miles above St. Louis.390 View on Upper Missouri—"Belle Vue"—Indian
agency of Maj. Dougherty, 870 miles above St.
Louis.391 View on Upper Missouri—Beautiful Clay Bluffs,
1900 miles above St. Louis.392 View on Upper Missouri—Minatarree Village—earth
covered lodges—on Knife River, 1810 miles
above St. Louis.393 View on Upper Missouri—Fort Pierre—Mouth of
Teton River—Fur Company's Trading Post,
1200 miles above St. Louis, with six hundred
lodges of Sioux Indians encamped about it.394 View on Upper Missouri—Nishnabottana Bluffs, 1070
miles above St. Louis.395 View on Upper Missouri—Riccaree Village, with
earth-covered lodges, 1600 miles above St. Louis.396 View on Upper Missouri—South side of "Buffalo
Island," shewing the beautiful Buffalo bush, with
its blue leaves, and bending down with fruit.397 View on Upper Missouri—Mouth of Yellow Stone—
Fur Company's Fort—their principal post, 2000
miles above St. Louis, and a large party of Knisteneux
encamped about it.398 View on Upper Missouri—The "Iron Bluff," 1200
miles above St. Louis.399 View on Upper Missouri—View in the "Big Bend,"
1900 miles above St. Louis.400 View on Upper Missouri—View in the Big Bend—
magnificent Clay Bluffs, with high table land in
distance.401 View on Upper Missouri—Back view of the Mandan
Village, shewing their mode of depositing their
dead on seaffolds, enveloped in skins, and their
mode of preserving and feeding the skulls, 1800
miles above St. Louis.402 View on Upper Missouri—Prairie Bluffs, beautiful,
1100 miles above St. Louis.403 View on Upper Missouri—"The Three Domes," 15
miles above Mandans.404 View on Upper Missouri—The "Square Hills," 1200
miles above St. Louis.405 View on Upper Missouri—River Bluffs and white
wolves.406 View on Upper Missouri—Beautiful Prairie Bluffs
above the Puncahs, 1050 miles above St. Louis.407 View on Upper Missouri—Look from Floyd's Grave,
1300 miles above St. Louis.408 View on Upper Missouri—River Bluffs, 1320 miles
above St. Louis.409 View on Upper Missouri—Buffalo herds crossing the
River.410 View on Upper Missouri—Clay Bluffs, 20 miles above
the Mandans.411 View on Upper Missouri—Sioux camp moving.
412 do. Nishnabottana Bluffs.
413 do. Indians encamping at sunset.
| Catalogue of Catlin's Indian gallery of portraits, landscapes, manners and customs, costumes, &c., collected during seven years' travel amongst thirty-eight different tribes, speaking different languages. | |