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Autore |
Catlin George <1796-1872.> |
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Titolo |
North American Indians . Volume 2 [[electronic resource] /] / George Catlin |
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Scituate, MA, : Digital Scanning, 2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (418 p.) |
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Collana |
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North American Indians ; ; v.2 |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America |
Indians of North America - West (U.S.) |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: North American Indians: being letters and notes on their manners, customs, and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839. Edinburgh: J. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS VOLUME II; CONTENTS; LETTER -NO.32; Cantonment Leavenworth.; Shiennes, portraits of.; Floyd's Grave.; Black Bird's Grave.; Beautiful grassy bluffs.; Mandan remains.; Belle Vue.; Square hills.; Mouth of Platte.; Buffaloes crossing.; LETTER -NO.33; Grouse shooting before the burning prairies.; Prairie bluffs burning.; Prairie meadows burning.; LETTER -NO.34; Ioways.; Konzas.; Mode of shaving the head.; Pawnees.; Small-pox amongst Pawnees.; Major Dougherty's opinion of the Fur Trade.; Grand Pawnees.; Ottoes.; Omahas.; LETTER -NO.35; St Louis. |
Loss of Indian curiosities,etc.Governor Clarke.; LETTER -No.36; Pensacola; Florida.; Perdido.; Pine woods of Florida.; Santa Rosa Island.; Prophecy.; Start for Camanchee country.; LETTER -NO.37; Transit up the Arkansas River.; Fort Gibson,; 1st regiment United States Dragoons reviewed.; Equipping and starting of Dragoons for the Camanchee country.; LETTER -NO.38; Fort Gibson.; Osages.; Portraits of Osages.; Former and present condition of.; Start for Camanchees and Pawnee Picts.; LETTER -NO.39; Mouth of the False Washita and Red River.; Beautiful prairie country.; Arkansas grapes.; Plums. |
Wild Roses, currants, gooseberries, prickly pears,etc.Buffalo chase.; |
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Murder of Judge Martin and family.; LETTER -NO.40; Sickness at the Mouth of False Washita - one half of the regiment start for the Camanchees, under comman of Colonel Dodge.; Sickness of General Leavenworth,and cause of.; Another buffalo hunt.; LETTER -NO.41; Great Camanchee village,Texas.; A stampedo.; Meeting a Camanchee war party,and mode of approaching them.; They turn about and escort the Dragoons to their village.; Immense herds of buffaloes.; Buffaloes breaking through the ranks of the Dragoon regiment. |
Wild horses -sagacity of-wild horses at play.Joe Chadwick and I ""creasing" a wild horse.; Taking the wild horse with lasso,and "breaking down."; Chain of the Rocky Mountain.; Approach to the Camanchee village.; Immense number of Camanchee horses -prices of.; Capt. Duncan's purchase.; LETTER -NO.42; Description of the Camanchee village, and view of.; Painting a family group.; Camanchees moving.; Wonderful feats of riding.; Portraits of Camanchee chiefs.; Estimates of the Camanchees.; Pawnee Picts, Kioways,and Wicos.; LETTER -NO.43; The regiment advance towards the Pawnee village. |
Description and view of the Pawnee village.Council in the Pawnee village.; Recovery of the son of Judge Martin, and the presentation of the three Pawnee and Kioway women to their own people.; Return of the regiment to the Camanchee village.; Pawnee Picts, portraits of.; Kioways, Wicos, portraits of.; LETTER -NO.44; Camp Canadian.; Immense herds of buffaloes.; Great slaughter of them.; Extraordinary sickness of the command.; Suffering from impure water-sickness of the men.; Horned frogs.; Curious adventure in catching them.; Death of General Leavenworth and Lieutenant M'Clure.; LETTER -NO.45 |
Return to Fort Gibson. |
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