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SPORTING SCENES.

CERTIFICATES.

Buffalo Hunts and Sports of Upper Missouri.

The twelve paintings in Mr. Catlin's Gallery, representing
the Buffalo Hunts, seemed to recall so familiarly to recollection,
scenes which I have formerly witnessed in that country,
that I cannot hesitate for a moment to give my entire approbation
of the spirit and truth with which they are drawn.

Gen. Wm. Clark,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Louis.

I have examined a series of paintings by Mr. Catlin, representing
Indian Buffalo Hunts, Landscapes on the Missouri,
&c., and from an acquaintance of more than ten years with
such scenes as are represented, I feel qualified to judge of
them, and do unhesitatingly pronounce them both apt and
natural representations.

Wm. Gordon,
Prov. S. Agent Indian Affairs, St. Louis.

Having often been an actor in scenes similar to those
represented in Mr. Catlin's paintings of Buffalo Hunts and
other sports of the Missouri, I do not hesitate to give my unqualified
approbation of the truth and spirit with which they
are drawn.

John F. A. Sanford,
U. S. S. Indian Agent.

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I have examined a series of paintings by Mr. Catlin, representing
Indian Buffalo Hunts, and from an acquaintance of
seventeen years with such scenes as are represented, I feel
qualified to judge them, and take pleasure in saying, they
are delineated strikingiy, and without exaggeration.

J. Gantt.

I have examined a series of paintings by Mr. Catlin,
representing Indian Buffalo Hunts, Landscapes, &c., and
from an acquaintance of twenty-seven years with such
scenes as are represented, I feel qualified to judge them,
and do unhesitatingly pronounce them good and unexag
gerated representations.

Jno. Dougherty,
Ind. Ag't for Pawnees, Mahaws, and Oloes.