The young reader's Catlin : My life among the Indians / George Catlin; Edited by M.G. Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catlin, George, 1796-1872.

Contributor:

Humphreys, Mary Gay, -1915.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over 175 years ago George Catlin, American painter, writer and explorer, realized that the white settlers would eventually destroy the native cultures of North America. Devoting his life to preserving the Indian heritage, he traveled throughout the West sketching and painting hundreds of Indian portraits, village scenes, religious rituals and games.

Contents:

THE BOY'S CATLIN

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS

SKETCH OF CATLIN'S LIFE

I. THE MISSOURI RIVER IN THE THIRTIES

II. A STUDIO AMONG THE GUNS

III. INDIAN ARISTOCRATS: THE CROWS AND BLACKFEET

IV. PAINTING AN INDIAN DANDY

V. CANOEING WITH BOGARD AND BATISTE

VI. MANDANS: THE PEOPLE OF THE PHEASANTS

VII. SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE MANDANS

VIII. THE ARTIST BECOMES A MEDICINE-MAN

IX. A MANDAN FEAST

X. THE MANDAN WOMEN

XI. MANDAN DANCES AND GAMES

XII. O-KEE-PA: A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

XIII. DANCES OF THE O-KEE-PA

XIV. THE MAKING OF BRAVES

XV. MANDAN LEGEND OF THE DELUGE

XVI.CORN DANCE OF THE MINATAREES

XVII. THE ATTACK ON THE CANOE

XVIII. THE DEATH OF LITTLE BEAR: A SIOUX TRAGEDY

XIX. THE DANCES AND MUSIC OF THE SIOUX

XX. A DOG FEAST

XXI. THE BUFFALO CHASE

XXII. A PRAIRIE FIRE

XXIII. SONGS AND DANCES OF THE IOWAS

XXIV. PAINTING BLACK HAWK AND HIS WARRIORS

XXV. WITH THE ARMY AT FORT GIBSON

XXVI. LASSOING WILD HORSES

XXVII. VISITING THE CAMANCHES

XXVIII. THE STOLEN BOY

XXIX. A CRUEL MARCH

XXX. A CHOCTAW BALL GAME

XXXI. ALONE WITH CHARLEY

XXXII. CANOEING ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI

XXXIII. PAINTING THE PORTRAIT OF KEOKUK

XXXIV. THE LAND OF THE RED-PIPE STONE

XXXV. THE SAD FATE OF OSCEOLA

XXXVI. THE INDIAN AS AN ALL-AROUND MAN

ILLUSTRATIONS

BUFFALO HUNT ACCIDENTS OF THE CHASE

ATTACK OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR

ANTELOPE SHOOTING

"GAME OF THE ARROW," OR ARCHERY OF THE MANDANS

BUFFALO DANCE

BUFFALO HUNT A SURROUND

THE BEAR DANCE

A BUFFALO CHASE

BUFFALO HUNT ON SNOW-SHOES

BUFFALO HUNT WITH WOLF-SKIN MASK

BUFFALO HUNT APPROACHING IN A RAVINE

WILD HORSES AT PLAY

CATCHING THE WILD HORSE

DANCE BEFORE THE BALL-PLAY

AN INDIAN BALL-PLAY

THREE DISTINGUISHED BALL-PLAYERS PORTRAITS FROM LIFE, IN THE BALL-PLAY DRESS.

Notes:

Originally published: The boy's Catlin: My life among the Indians. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1909.

ISBN:

1-58218-477-1

OCLC:

70722630