{"product_id":"letters-and-notes-on-the-manners-customs-and-condition-of-the-north-american-indians-paperback-9781108033176","title":"Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033176","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLetters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe notes, letters and drawings of an artist who spent the 1830s documenting Native American tribes in the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Catlin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033176, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e412 pages, 75 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlthough he is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, George Catlin (1796–1872) also wrote books about his experiences among the indigenous peoples of the United States. During the 1830s he travelled widely in the western frontier regions with the aim of documenting the vanishing cultures of the Indians, and managed to meet 48 groups. This was a critical time for Native Americans, as US government policies were forcing many tribes off their ancestral land and onto reservations west of the Mississippi River. Catlin's two-volume work, published in 1841, is a compilation of his letters and field notes, and includes over 300 line drawings of people, artefacts and animals. He expresses disgust at the Europeans' treatment of the 'honest and honourable' Indians, who have 'fallen victims to whiskey, the small-pox and the bayonet'. Volume 1 focuses on the Crow, Blackfeet and Mandan peoples in the Great Plains.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Wyoming, birth-place of the author\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mouth of Yellow Stone\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mouth of Yellow Stone: character of Missouri River\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mouth of Yellow Stone: Upper Missouri Indians\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mouth of Yellow Stone: author's painting-room\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mouth of Yellow Stone: medicines or mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mouth of Yellow Stone: Crows and Blackfeet\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mouth of Yellow Stone: further remarks on the Crows\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mouth of Yellow Stone: contemplations of the Great Far West and its customs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mandan Village, Upper Missouri: a strange place\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mandan Village: location\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mandan Village: bird's eye view of the village\u003cbr\u003e 13. Mandan Village: the wolf-chief\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mandan Village: costumes of the Mandans\u003cbr\u003e 15. Mandan Village: astonishment of the Mandans at the operation of the author's brush\u003cbr\u003e 16. Mandan Village: an Indian beau or dandy\u003cbr\u003e 17. Mandan Village: polygamy\u003cbr\u003e 18. Mandan Village: Indian dancing\u003cbr\u003e 19. Mandan Village: sham fight and sham scalp dance of the Mandan boys\u003cbr\u003e 20. Mandan Village: Mandan archery\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mandan Village, Upper Missouri: Mah-to-tah-pa (the four bears)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Mandan Village: Mandan religious ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 23. Minataree Village: location and numbers\u003cbr\u003e 24. Minataree Village: Crow, in the Minataree village\u003cbr\u003e 25. Little Mandan Village, Upper Missouri: an Indian offering himself for a pillow\u003cbr\u003e 26. Mouth of Teton River: Sioux of Dah-co-ta\u003cbr\u003e 27. Mouth of Teton River: custom of exposing the aged\u003cbr\u003e 28. Mouth of Teton River: difficulty of painting Indian women\u003cbr\u003e 29. Mouth of Teton River: voluntary torture\u003cbr\u003e 30. Mouth of Teton River: Indian weapons and instrument of music\u003cbr\u003e 31. Mouth of Teton River: Bisons (or buffaloes) description of.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266034520344,"sku":"9781108033176","price":34.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033176i.jpg?v=1694873730","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/letters-and-notes-on-the-manners-customs-and-condition-of-the-north-american-indians-paperback-9781108033176","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}