Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the - North American Indian

Klappentext The notes! letters and drawings of an artist who spent the 1830s documenting Native American tribes in the United States. Zusammenfassung The American Romantic artist George Catlin (1796–1872) travelled widely during the 1830s, documenting the vanishing cultures of the Native Americans. In 1841 he published this two-volume account of his experiences, including over 300 drawings of people, artefacts and animals. Volume 2 focuses on tribes in Arkansas, Texas and Florida. Inhaltsverzeichnis 32. Cantonment Leavenworth; 33. Grouse shooting before the burning prairies; 34. Ioways; 35. St. Louis; 36. Pensacola, Florida; 37. Transit up the Arkansas river; 38. Fort Gibson; 39. Mouth of the False Washita and Red River; 40. Sickness at the Mouth of False Washita; 41. Great Camanchee village, Texas; 42. Description of the Camanchee village, and view of; 43. The regiment advance towards the Pawnee village; 44. Camp Canadian; 45. Return to Fort Gibson; 46. Alton, on the Mississippi; 47. Trip to Florida and Texas, and back to St. Louis; 48. Flatheads, nez Percés; 49. Shawanos; 50. Fort Snelling, near the Fall of St. Anthony; 51. Fourth of July at the Fall of St. Anthony; 52. The author descending the Mississippi in a bark canoe; 53. The author and his bark canoe sunk in the Des Moine's Rapids; 54. Côteau des Prairies; 55. 'Story of the Dog' told; 56. Author's return from the Côteau des Prairies; 57. Fort Moultrie; 58. North Western Frontier; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: George Catlin, Catlin George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108033183
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03318-3
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - North American History; Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Diaries, letters and journals, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General