=London:=
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY.
1876.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO.,
172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
+Frontispiece+:—_The Author painting a Chief in an Indian Village._
+Map+ _of_ +Indian Localities+ _embraced within the Author’s Travels_.
LETTER—No. 1.
Wyöming, birth-place of the Author, p. 2.—His former Profession—First
cause of his Travels to the Indian Country—Delegation of Indians in
Philadelphia—First start to the Far West, in 1832, p. 3.—Design of
forming a National Gallery—Numbers of Tribes visited, and number of
Paintings and other things collected, p. 4.—Probable extinction of
the Indians, p. 5.—Former and present numbers of—The proper mode of
approaching them, and estimating their character, p. 5–10.
+Certificates+ _of Government Officers, Indian Agents and others, as to
the fidelity of the Portraits and other Paintings_, p. 11–13.
LETTER—No. 2.
Mouth of Yellow Stone, p. 14, pl. 3.—Distance from St.
Louis—Difficulties of the Missouri—Politeness of Mr. Chouteau and
Major Sanford—Fur Company’s Fort—Indian Epicures—New and true School
for the Arts—Beautiful Models, p. 14–16.
LETTER—+No. 3, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Character of Missouri River, p. 18, pl. 4.—Beautiful prairie shores, p.
19, pl. 5.—Picturesque clay bluffs, p. 19, pl. 6.—First appearance of
a steamer at the Yellow Stone, and curious conjectures of the Indians
about it, p. 20.—Fur Company’s Establishment at the mouth of Yellow
Stone—M‘Kenzie—His table and politeness, p. 21.—Indian tribes in this
vicinity, p. 22.
LETTER—+No. 4, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Upper Missouri Indians—General character, p. 23.—Buffaloes—Description
of, p. 24, pls. 7, 8.—Modes of killing them—Buffalo-hunt, p.
25.—Chardon’s Leap, p. 26, pl. 9.—Wounded bull, p. 26, pl.
10.—Extraordinary feat of Mr. M‘Kenzie, p. 27.—Return from the chase,
p. 28.
LETTER—+No. 5, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Author’s painting-room, and characters in it, p. 29.—Blackfoot
chief, p. 29, pl. 11.—Other Blackfoot chiefs, and their costumes,
p. 30.—Blackfoot woman and child, p. 30, pls. 12, 13;—Scalps,
and objects for which taken—red pipes, and pipe-stone quarry, p.
31.—Blackfoot bows, shields, arrows and lances, p. 32, 33, pl.
18.—Several distinguished Blackfeet, p. 34, pls. 14, 15, 16, 17.
LETTER—+No. 6, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Medicines or mysteries—medicine-bag—origin of the word medicine,
p. 35.—Mode of forming the medicine-bag, p. 36.—Value of the
medicine-bag to the Indian, and materials for their construction,
p. 37, pl. 18.—Blackfoot doctor or medicine-man—his mode of curing
the sick, p. 39, pl. 19.—Different offices and importance of
medicine-men, p. 41.
LETTER—+No. 7, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Crews and Blackfeet—General character and appearance, p. 42.—Killing
and drying meat, p. 43, pl. 22.—Crow lodge or wigwam, p. 43, pl.
20.—Striking their tents and encampment moving, p. 44, pl. 21.—Mode
of dressing and smoking skins, p. 45.—Crows—Beauty of their
dresses—Horse-stealing or capturing—Reasons why they are called
rogues and robbers of the first order, &c. p. 46.
LETTER—+No. 8, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Further remarks on the Crows—Extraordinary length of hair, p.
49.—Peculiarities of the Crow head, and several portraits, p. 50,
pls. 24, 25, 26, 27.—Crow and Blackfeet women—Their modes of dressing
and painting, p. 51.—Differences between the Crow and Blackfoot
languages, p. 51.—Different hands—Different languages, and numbers
of the Blackfeet, p. 52.—Knisteneaux—Assinneboins, and Ojibbeways,
p. 53.—Assinneboins a part of the Sioux—Their mode of boiling meat,
p. 54.—Pipe-dance, p. 55, pl. 52.—Wi-jun-jon (a chief) and wife,
pls. 28, 29.—His visit to Washington, p. 56.—Dresses of women
and children of the Assinneboins, p. 57, pl. 34.—Knisteneaux (or
Crees)—character and numbers, and several portraits, p. 57, pls. 30,
31.—Ojibbeways—Chief and wife, p. 58, pls. 35, 36.
LETTER—+No. 9, Mouth of Yellow Stone+.
Contemplations of the Great Far West and its customs, p. 59.—Old
acquaintance, p. 60.—March and effects of civilization, p. 60.—The
“Far West”—The Author in search of it, p. 62.—Meeting with
“Ba’tiste,” a free trapper, p. 63, 64.
LETTER—+No. 10, Mandan Village, Upper Missouri+.
A strange place—Voyage from Mouth of Yellow Stone down the river to
Mandans—Commencement—Leave M‘Kenzie’s Fort, p. 66.—Assinneboins
encamped on the river Wi-jun-jon lecturing on the customs of white
people—Mountain-sheep, p. 67,—War-eagles—Grizzly bears, p. 68.—Clay
bluffs, “brick-kilns,” volcanic remains, p. 69, pls. 37, 38.—Red
pumice stone—A wild stroll—Mountaineer’s sleep, p. 70.—Grizzly bear
and cubs—Courageous attack—Canoe robbed, p. 71.—Eating our meals
on a pile of drift-wood—Encamping in the night—Voluptuous scene of
wild flowers, buffalo bush and berries, p. 72.—Adventure after an
elk—War-party discovered, p. 74.—Magnificent scenery in the “Grand
Détour”—Stupendous clay bluffs—Table land, p. 75, pl. 39.—Antelope
shooting, p. 76, pl. 40.—“Grand Dome”—Prairie dogs—Village—Fruitless
endeavours to shoot them, p. 77, pl. 42.—Pictured bluff and the Three
Domes, p. 78, pls. 43, 44.—Arrival at the Mandan village, p. 79.
LETTER—+No. 11, Mandan Village+.
Location—Village, p. 80, pl. 45.—Former locations fortification of
their village—Description of village and mode of constructing their
wigwams, p. 81, 82.—Description of interior—Beds—Weapons—Family
groups, p. 82, 83, pl. 46.—Indian garrulity—Jokes—Fire-side fun and
story-telling, p. 84.—Causes of Indian taciturnity in civilized
society, p. 85.
LETTER—+No. 12, Mandan Village+.
Bird’s-eye view of the village, p. 87, pl. 47.—The “big
canoe”—Medicine-lodge—A strange medley, p. 88.—Mode of depositing
the dead on scaffolds, p. 89.—Respect to the dead—Visiting the
dead—Feeding the dead—Converse with the dead—Bones of the dead, p.
90, pl. 48.
LETTER—+No. 13, Mandan Village+.
The wolf-chief—Head-chief of the tribe, p. 92, pl.
49.—Several portraits, p. 92, pls. 50, 51, 52, 53.—Personal
appearance—Peculiarities—Complexion, p. 93.—“Cheveux gris,” p.
94.—Hair of the men—Hair of the women, p. 95, pl. 54.—Bathing and
swimming, p. 96.—Mode of swimming—Sudatories or vapour-baths, p.
97–8, pl. 71.
LETTER—+No. 14, Mandan Village+.
Costumes of the Mandans—High value set upon them—Two horses for
a head-dress—Made of war-eagles’ quills and ermine, p. 100,
101.—Head-dresses with horns, p. 103.—A Jewish custom, p. 104.
LETTER—+No. 15, Mandan Village+.
Astonishment of the Mandans at the operation of the Author’s
brush, p. 105.—The Author installed medicine or medicine-man,
p. 106.—Crowds around the Author—Curiosity to see and to touch
him, p. 107.—Superstitious fears for those who were painted, p.
168.—Objections raised to being painted, p. 109.—The Author’s
operations opposed by a Mandan doctor, or medicine-man, and how
brought over, p. 110, pl. 55.
LETTER—+No. 16, Mandan Village+.
An Indian beau or dandy, p. 112.—A fruitless endeavour to paint one, p.
113.—Mah-to-toh-pa (the four bears), second chief of the tribe—The
Author feasted in his wigwam, p. 114, pl. 62.—Viands of the feast, p.
115.—Pemican and marrow-fat—Mandan pottery—Robe presented, p. 116.
LETTER—+No. 17, Mandan Village+.
Polygamy—Reasons and excuses for it, p. 118.—Marriages, how
contracted—Wives bought and sold, p. 120.—Paternal and filial
affection—Virtue and modesty of women—Early marriages—Slavish lives
and occupations of the Indian women, p. 121.—Pomme blanche—Dried
meat—Caches—Modes of cooking, and times of eating—Attitudes in
eating, p. 122.—Separation of males and females in eating—the Indians
moderate eaters—Some exceptions, p. 123.—Curing meat in the sun,
without smoke or salt—The wild Indians eat no salt, p. 124.
LETTER—+No. 18. Mandan Village+.
Indian dancing—“Buffalo dance,” p. 127, pl. 56.—Discovery of
buffaloes—Preparations for the chase—Start—A decoy—A retreat—Death
and scalping, p. 129.
LETTER—+No. 19, Mandan Village+.
Sham fight and sham scalp dance of the Mandan boys, p. 131, pl.
57.—Game of Tchung-kee, p. 132, pl. 59.—Feasting—Fasting and
sacrificing—White buffalo robe—Its value p. 133, pl. 47.—Rain makers
and rain stoppers, p. 131.—Rain making, p. 135, pl. 58.—“The thunder
boat”—The big double medicine, p. 140.
LETTER—+No. 20, Mandan Village+.
Mandan archery—“Game of the arrow,” p. 141, pl. 60.—Wild
horses—Horse-racing, p. 142, pl. 61.—Foot war-party in council, p.
143, pl. 63.
LETTER—+No. 21, Mandan Village, Upper Missouri+.
Mah-to-toh-pa, (the Four Bears)—His costume and his portrait, p. 145,
pl. 64.—The robe of Mah-to-toh-pa, with all the battles of his life
painted on it, p. 148, pl. 65.
LETTER—+No. 22, Mandan Village+.
Mandan religious ceremonies—Mandan religious creed, p. 156.—Three
objects of the ceremony, p. 157.—Place of holding the ceremony—Big
canoe—Season of commencing—and manner, p. 158.—Opening the medicine
lodge—Sacrifices to the water, p. 159.—Fasting scene for four
days and nights, p. 161, pl. 66.—Bei-lohck-nah-pick, (the bull
dance), p. 164, pl. 67.—Pohk-hong (the cutting or torturing scene),
p. 169, pl. 68.—Ah-ke-nah-ka-nah-pick, (the last race) p. 173,
pl. 69.—Extraordinary instances of cruelty in self-torture, p.
175.—Sacrificing to the water, p. 176.—Certificates of the Mandan
ceremonies—Inferences drawn from these horrible cruelties, with
traditions, p. 177.—Tradition of O-kee-hee-de (the Evil Spirit), p.
179.—Mandans can be civilized, p. 183.
LETTER—+No. 23, Minataree Village+.
Location and numbers—Origin, p. 185.—Principal village, pl. 70.—Vapour
baths, pl. 71.—Old chief, Black Moccasin, p. 186, pl. 72.—Two
portraits, man and woman, pls. 73, 74.—Green corn dance, p. 189, pl.
75.
LETTER—+No. 24, Minataree Village+.
Crows, in the Minataree village, p. 191.—Crow chief on horseback,
in full dress, p. 192, pl. 76.—Peculiarities of the Crows—Long
hair—Semi-lunar faces, p. 193, pls. 77, 78.—Rats in the Minataree
village, p. 195.—Crossing Knife River in “bull boat”—Swimming of
Minataree girls, p. 196.—Horse-racing—A banter—Riding a “naked horse,”
p. 197.—Grand buffalo surround, p. 199, pl. 79.—Cutting up and
carrying in meat, p. 201.
LETTER—+No. 25, Little Mandan Village, Upper Missouri+.
An Indian offering himself for a pillow, p. 203.—Portraits of
Riccarees, p. 204, pls. 83, 84, 82, 81.—Riccaree village, p. 204, pl.
80.—Origin of the Mandans—Welsh colony—Expedition of Madoc, p. 206–7.
LETTER—+No. 26, Mouth of Teton River+.
Sioux or (Dah-co-ta), p. 208.—Fort Pierre, pl. 85.—Mississippi
and Missouri Sioux, p. 209.—Ha-wan-je-tah (chief), p. 211, pl.
86.—Puncahs, Shoo-de-ga-cha (chief) and wife, p. 212, pls. 87,
88.—Four wives taken at once, p. 213, pl. 90.—Portrait of one of the
wives, p. 214, pl. 89.—Early marriages—Causes of, p. 215.
LETTER—+No. 27, Mouth of Teton River+.
Custom of exposing the aged, p. 216.—A tedious march on foot, p.
218.—Level prairies—“Out of sight of land”—Mirage—Looming of the
prairies, p. 218.—Turning the toes in—Bijou hills—Salt meadows,
p. 219.—Arrive at Fort Pierre—Great assemblage of Sioux—Paint the
portrait of the chief—Superstitious objections—Opposed by the
doctors, p. 220.—Difficulty settled—Death of Ha-wan-je-tah (the
chief)—Mode of, p. 221.—Portraits of other Sioux chiefs—Wampum,
p. 222–3, pls. 91, 92.—Beautiful Sioux women—Daughter of Black
Rock—Chardon, his Indian wife, p. 224–5, pls. 94, 95.
LETTER—+No. 28, Mouth of Teton River+.
Difficulty of painting Indian women, p. 226.—Indian vanity—Watching
their portraits—Arrival of the first steamer amongst the Sioux, p.
227.—Dog-feast, p. 228, pl. 96.