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Sr to revive revl.e revle . the interest of the people peopleof peoplet peoplerW t 1w 1wof of the United St ites ttes rtes In tlie the orIgInal orIgInalInh originalIH originalJ J W 'u u ' ) | Inh Inhibitnnts Ibltants tbitants of this cont'nent contnent continent ' , . , the theortlt theL ) i " AW \ Isorth \ortlt ortlt orth Amencin Aruerlc'ln Aruerlcln American ' Indlaiib Il1dlan Indians , , but theyh'l.e theyhive they { r & < lnvc h'l.e hl.e hle hive ' . also a 0 sened served to tec iccill lec'lll leclll ' ll the sen- sen sert- sert senIces sertIces sen-fef sen fef - D Ices of n a group of men " whose "hose hose work workdeser workdcserses worky iksenes desers dcserses deser\ deser \ ( > s a fi better fate thin th'1n th1n than ' tlic the par- par parhal parartial - par-llu par llu artial . < ftial hal obll\Ion obll Ion 01.111Ion obultlon 01.111\ 01.111 . \ \ Ion "hlch hlch which " hich his h'ls hls ' been theIrs theIrsThese theirsThese theirsjj\ theirsjj theirsjjTlicse ) \ Tlicse These are the early painters pamters of theInllhn the theIndlins 7 7IntWmns Indlins Inllhn IntWmns to tohom \\hom hom whom \ \ \ hom VQ "e e w " , e are Indebtedfor indebtedfor Indebted ; for most of our pictorial evidenceout evidenceout evidence ! > out the red m'ln'rhlle mm m'ln mln min ' \ while \'rhlle 'rhlle rhlle ' he heas \as as "as was " \ still compara- compara comparavely comparavely compara-Tely compara Tely - vely untouched by the so called ' ' civllirlne 'cl.Ihrlng cl.Ihrlng clIhrlng civlltying . ' inaences Inuences in- in inlences - lences uences aences of the vililte "hlte hlte white " manForemost manForemost man - Foremost among the names of these artiststhat artists ' that thnt of George Catlln Cat1ln Catlin and mention of himsingularly him : ; ; yBlngularly singularly appropriate at this time beciuse bec'luse becluse because ' , ? startedJ ' v&s vs was & just 100 years ago that Catlln CatlIn had startedihls started J - i ihls , hls his work of or recording the appearance , sociale social , ' e and customs of or the tribes of or the tran trans 'Ills Ills Mis 'IllsI Misippi : ' MisBippi I I ' IppI West Citlin C'lUln ClUln Catlin Citlinas C'lUlnas ' \\as as was \ \ \ born In Wvomlng Wyoming Wyomingl , , . In 179G 170G 1796 and In accordance with his father fathers fathershes fathersL s shes hes studied for the protes profesbion profession lOn of or lawhich latt la\\ la law \ , which whichbegan whichpegan [ tbegan whichtbegan began practicing In Philadelphia But , be befond befond beS fond of ot excitement and ad\enture ad enture adenture adtenture ad\ ad \ enture , he foundit foundf1 found it f1 f1polfllcult kdlfficult polfllcult deted difficult to stick sUck to his business and he de deted deed ted ted almost as much time to his avocation avocation or"Ing ofwing of or ofwlng " wlng "Ing Ing wing and painting palntn ! , In which he was self- self selfught selfught self-ight self ight - ught . , , as he did dill to Ills hIs vocation of law . , ' One day da ; ) In 1830 a party of Indians from trom the thear thear the1 n then ar ir irest \\est est hest \ \ e5t ' ' " who "ho ho \ were ere on their \ way ay to a coun counwltb counwith coun/ coun countwith / ! twith wltb with thGreat thorGreat thf . , Groat W " White "hte hte hate [ Father in WashIn Washingtonpped Washington Washingtonpped ton tonpped pped over o.er oer . In Philadelphia . , . Catlln CatlIn saw them themthe themthe themthe theirG ; the streets and \ was as so delighted with theIrforms their G forms and noble bearing that he determInedgive determinedI determinedgive determined , I give up his law practice and devote his llremaking lifemaking life llre imaging making a collection of ot pilntlngs p'llntIngs pllntIngs plantings ' of ot IndIansIch IndiansI Indiansch Indiana IndIans I - Ich ch would show , after they \ were ere gone , how howy howy how7 y looLed looked and how they lIvedhe livedhe lived - 'lie lie he ' result WIB W'111 W111 tv.is tvis . ' ! his llrst first journey to the Indianntry Indianntry Indian Indianntry ntry In 1832 and for tor the next eight years he heoted heoted he'oted heoted ' oted hlmqelC himself hlm < clf to the v . work ork He lie traveled many manyuBands manyaands manyu ; uBands aands ands of ot miles n111es by cinoe C'Uloe CUloe cuioo ' and on horseback horsebackong horsebackong horsebackone ong tribes which whtch were still stm as wild and un uned unred unaed days1 dayshe daysbe ed red as they had been In prc pre Columbian days he be found plenty plentv of ot e excitement cltement , difficult difficulty ) and andger andger andiger ger [ In n hI his , wojlc , work oIle Ue lie made paintings ever ever- ever everere everi-tre everi tre ) - ere , portraits of chiefs nndarr1ors and nnd warriors \arr1ors arr1ors \ , paint paints paintIS paintr r ; IS s of ot the sccnpry scenf'ry scenfry scenery ' of the West , of ot herds of ot but0 buftlr buf- buf but- but bufnies - tlr 0 o , of hunting lIfe , of IndIan g'1mes g1mes g ' imes , cere sere seret cerenIes t nIes ales nies , social custOIIlC custorns-oterthing custorns oterthing customs custOIIl -C\ C - Cer e\co e co \ er ) thIn tiling ! ; that would wouldstrate wouldstrate wouldutrate strate the life Ute and countr county country ; ) of ot the wild trIbes trIbesthe tribesthe tribesthe the West . , More than that , he painted scenes scenesold scenesi scenesOld ' [ old trading trndinK posts and United States torts forts torts.sn tortssn . , i Americantc n who who&o whoo whose & e sites nost1nd now no\\ no \ \ " stind st1nd st'ind ' Important AmerIcan AmerIcane8 Americand d e8 es , so that even If he hid h'1d h1d had ' not left an In- In Inuable In Inuable . - [ uable record of ot the Indian , the hIstorIcalne historical historical.wne ! .wne wne . ne tie of ot this other phise ph1se ph'tse phtse ' of ot his work would be beat beat 1 1at heavyt hen"yt ; at enough to place plnce Americans under a hen\"y hen "y y heavy heavyit \ " it > t of ot gratitude to himtUn himtlin him himatlin /atlin atlin / tUn tlin not only painted hundreds hundrc.ds hundrcds . of ot pictures , t picturest pictureshe he ft made mftr A I.I II I.IIIAI . --II--AI- II AI - - IIAIA - - - -A A - T .II- .II . .IIti - -t-i--- t i - tiicse - - - * . - a big collection of Indian objects objectsess objectsr r ess ass , "capons capons weapons " , SCJllps scalps , objects used In games , , sd sddes des des ot of clothInJ clothing : . , ornaments , ete etc With all allI allthese I > these icse he made a tour of ot the Last East , . , exhibIting exhibItingcollections exhibitingCollections exhibitingcollections every.ere everyere collections In the larger cities clUes and every . ere attracting large crowds . . ( r t seems unfortumte untortun1te unfortun'ite unfortunite ' thit th'lt thlt th'it ' ' Catlln Catlin could not note note 4 4I 4a I e a IhedIn edin usedIn profited more from hIs Ills'work Illswork his'work hiswork ' ' ' \ ork while ho 11\ 11 11ed used \ ed in his bIs old a age e he lost the fortune which he ; ; built hebuilt up , became a bankrupt . , In fact tact , untIl untilts'i ts'i tsi ts'ithe ' ' ' the ) he untilhe had left was his : gallery Jallery of ot somerJOO some WO rJOO 500 orfe or ! 'j j fe re notbut of hIs Indan Indian [ palntlD paintings s The These e he would not , but gave them to the SmithsonIan Institu- Institu - yi Instituyi Institutor 1 for tor recordhis recrdhs safekeeping as an nn Imperishable recrd record { ) hs his Somethem Somehem [ life ute work and of ot a vanishing race . . Some SomeF F hem " were ere destroyed de&troyel1 detroyel1 & or Injured In a Ire fire the ( tthlch which whichPt \ \ hlch hlchpt pt the In institution tltutlon In Janu'lry Janulry Janu-iry Janu iry ' - , 18 1805 5 , but the ! ' + f ftc f > r i.r ir ry . tc\ tc tcJ tcw J \ w irf irft irfY , t P r Y/ Y YrP / " Y Pry ry ryr " , rP > a ) . a/a a / Y / T aaY aaY Y j " r ry ya 4 4T 4a a /y y / y wG i/aN i aN ! / r . . iaaShu , aw.d awd . . . a ' a . ccW : . .aG.Jwa aG.Jwa aGJwa . . . . . . ' 4ww 4wwa a . . " aalivbY/ aalivbY aalivbYyAaeC / yAaeC l l"An II " IIAn "An An An 05aqe Osac a Scalp Dance . ) " ) bY 6y John MIx .st st . 5fanley-lays 5fanley lays nlelj-IS'IS nlelj IS'IS ISIS - ' remainder \ which hlch are still preserved In the SmIth SmIthsonmn Smithsonian Smithsonian sonmn sonian are valued at not less than $1,000 1000 $1,000000 1000000 $1,000000which 1000000which $ , , 000 , whIch , . if it anything an ; ) thing . , Is an undervaluation , con con- consIderIng considerlng considering - sidering siderlng their importance Oitlln O1tlIn Cttlln died In 1872 1S72 1872at 1S72at 1872at at the age of ot seventy sit sic si . . The same fate overtook most of the palntln paintings paintingsof ; s sot ot of another fimous t'lmous tlmous famous ' artist , John Ml-c Ml c 'Ii- 'Ii Ii MIc 'IiC3tanley ' - . : - Stanley C3tanley ror Ior rorthe Iorthe Forthe the same fire In the Srnlthsonlan SmIthsonIan destro destroyed ) ed all allbut allbut allbut but Qve five of ot Stanley's Stanleys tanley's tanleys ' collection of more thin th'1n th1n tlrin ' 1M 150 150plantings 1Mp1lntlng 150pilntlngs p1lntlng plantings which represented 10 years of work workamong workamong workamong among 43 different tribes on the southwestern southwesternpraIrIes southwesternprairies southwesternprairies praIrIes , In New Ne\\ Ne Ne'IIexIco \ : ' Mexico 'IIexIco IIexIco , California and OregonSronle OregonStanley Oregon OregonStanley Sronle Stanley ) \ was as born In Canadalgua Canaclalgua Canadaigua , , NY N Y , In In1814 1814 and died In Detroit the sime S'lme Slme same ' year that saw sawthe sawthe sawthe the death of Catlln-1872 Catlln 1872 Catlin-1872 Catlin Catlln - 1872 At the age of four fourteen fourteen fourteen teen he became an orphan and was 1pprentlced apprenticed ' ipprentlccdto 1pprentlcedto apprenticedto to a wagon maker In Naples , NY N Y . , where "here here " he hespent hespent hespent spent his bo boyhood hood In 1834 he moved to De Detrolt Detroit Detrolt trolt troit and the next year his latent genius be began began began gan to show Itself ItseIr In a series of portraits and andlandscapes andlandscapes andlandscape landscapes ! In 1838 1833 39 he mide m1de iwide his home In InChlcabo inChica6o InChicago Chlcabo Chica6o and Galena , the famous lead miningcenter minIng minIngcenter miningcenter center In Illlnol IllInoIs . , and at this time he first be- be became became be became - - came Interested In Indians , , making trips to rort Port rortSnelling PortSnelling FortSnelling Snelling , . Minn l.I1nn lI1nn Mlnn , to paint them From 1839 1539 to to1842 1842 1542 he made his home again In the Eist E'1st E1st East ' and andcontinued andcontinued andcontinued . " continued \ with lth his painting paintInj paintingHis : His first Important work among the IndIans IndIanswas Indianswas Indianswas was done in 1842 1512 v . when hen he visl visited ted the Indian Indiancountry Indiancountry Indiancountry country In Arh1n'5 Arh1n5 Arkansas ' S and New Mexico Ic'tlco Ictlco Meeico ' and mado madom'1ny madomany madominy m'1ny m1ny many ' pictures of ot Indl Indlins IndlDS \DS DS ins \ and Indian scenes scenesThe scenesThe scenesThe The next year he was in whit wh1t is now Ohln Okla Ohlnhoma OklaNoma Okiahoma homa Noma , painting among the Chcrokces Cherol.ees Cherolees |
