Other versions by this Author
| The Author embarks at New York, with his Indian Collection, and cage with two grizly bears, for England, in the fall of 1839 | |
| Packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins | |
| Gale in the middle of the ocean | |
| A ship dismasted and in distress | |
| The Captain and twenty-eight men taken off and saved | |
| The shipwrecked Captain and his faithful dog | |
| "My man Daniel" | |
| Sailor's nose taken off by grizly bear | |
| Dr. Madden | |
| Terrible gale | |
| Sea-sickness of the grizly bears | |
| Alarm on deck | |
| "Bears out of their cage" | |
| Passengers rush below and close the hatches | |
| A supposed bear enters the cabin! | |
| Great excitement | |
| The explanation | |
| The gale subsides | |
| Amusing mistake | |
| The Author in the steerage | |
| Two eccentric characters | |
| Arrival in Liverpool | |
| Howling of the grizly Bears | |
| Alarm and excitement about the docks | |
| Scuffle for luggage | |
| Scene at the Grecian Hotel | |
| Landing the grizly bears | |
| Author's journey to London | |
| Ibbotson's Hotel | |
| First sally into the streets | |
| First impressions of London | |
| Adventure in the fog and mud | |
| Amusing occurrence in the street | |
| Beggars at the crossings of the streets | |
| Ingenious mode of begging | |
| Rich shops | |
| No pigs in the streets | |
| Soot and smoke of London | |
| Author returns to Liverpool | |
| Daniel's trouble with the bears | |
| Passing the Indian Collection and grizly bears through the Customs | |
| Arrival in London with Collection and bears | |
| Daniel in difficulty | |
| Howling of bears passing through the Tunnel | |
| The "King of New York," and "King Jefferson" | |
| Letters of introduction | |
| Driving a friend's horse and chaise | |
| Amusing accidents | |
| English driving | |
| "Turn to the right, as the law directs" | |
| A turn to the left | |
| A fresh difficulty | |
| Egyptian Hall | |
| Lease for three years | |
| Arrangement of Collection | |
| Bears sold and removed to Regent's Park Zoological Gardens | |
| Their fates | |
| Indian Collection arranged for exhibition | |
| Description of it | |
| The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray | |
| Collection opened to private view | |
| Kindness of the Hon. Mr. Murray | |
| Distinguished visitors | |
| Mr. Murray's explanations | |
| Kind reception by the Public and the Press | |
| Kind friends | |
| Fatigue of explaining and answering questions | |
| Curious remedy proposed by a friend | |
| Pleasures and pains of a friendly and fashionable dinner | |
| Author's illness from overtalking in his Collection | |
| Daniel's illness from the same cause | |
| Character of Daniel | |
| His labour-saving plan for answering one hundred questions | |
| His disappointment | |
| Daniel travels to Ireland for his health | |
| Author prepares to publish his Notes of Travel amongst the Indians | |
| John Murray (publisher) | |
| His reasons for not publishing the Author's work | |
| His friendly advice | |
| Author's book published by himself at the Egyptian Hall | |
| Illustrious subscribers | |
| Thomas Moore | |
| Critical notices in London papers | |
| The Author's wife and two children arrive in the British Queen, from New York | |
| First appreciation of London | |
| Sight-seeing | |
| Author lectures in the Royal Institution | |
| Suggests a Museum of Mankind | |
| Great applause | |
| Vote of thanks by members of the Royal Institution | |
| The "Museum of History" | |
| Author lectures in the other literary and scientific institutions of London | |
| Author dines with the Royal Geographical Society, and with the Royal Geological Society | |
| Mrs. Catlin's travels in the "Far West" | |
| Her welcome, and kind friends in London | |
| The Author dines with the Royal Highland Society | |
| The Duke of Richmond presides | |
| His Grace's compliment to the Author and his country | |
| Sir David Wilkie | |
| His compliment to the Author | |
| Charles Augustus Murray and the Author at the Caledonian Ball (Almack's) in Indian costumes | |
| Their rehearsal | |
| Dressing and painting | |
| Entering the ball | |
| Alarm of ladies | |
| Mr. Murray's infinite amusement (incognito) amongst his friends | |
| War-dance and war-whoops | |
| Great applause | |
| Bouquets of flowers | |
| Scalp-dance | |
| Brooches and bracelets presented to the chiefs | |
| Trinkets returned | |
| Perspiration carries off the paint, and Mr. Murray recognised | |
| Amusement of his friends | |
| The "Indians" return to Egyptian Hall at seven in the morning | |
| Their amusing appearance | |
| Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Coburg and Prince Ernest visit the Collection | |
| His Royal Highness the (little) Duc de Brabant visits the Collection with the Hon. Mr. Murray | |
| The Author presents him an Indian pipe and pair of mocassins | |
| Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex to the Collection | |
| His noble sympathy for the Indians | |
| He smokes an Indian pipe under the wigwam | |
| The Author takes breakfast with the Duke of Sussex in Kensington Palace | |
| The Duke's dress and appearance | |
| John Hunter, the Indian traveller | |
| The Duke's inquiries about him | |
| Monsieur Duponceau | |
| Visit to the Bank of England | |
| To Buckingham Palace | |
| To Windsor Castle | |
| Author visits the Polish Ball with several friends in Indian costumes | |
| Consequent troubles for Daniel in the exhibition-rooms | |
| Daniel's difficulty with an artist making copies | |
| Takes his sketch-book from him | |
| Tableaux vivans commenced | |
| List of the groups | |
| Hon. Mr. Murray attends, with His Royal Highness the Duc de Brabant | |
| The Author presented to Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, by the Hon. Mr. Murray | |
| Indian Collection removed to Liverpool | |
| Biennial exhibition of Mechanics' Institution | |
| 22,000 children admitted free to the Indian Collection in one week | |
| The Indian tableaux vivans in the provincial towns for six months | |
| Collection opened in Sheffield | |
| In Manchester | |
| Nine Ojibbeway Indians arrive, in charge of Mr. Rankin | |
| His proposal to the Author | |
| Difficulty of procuring lodgings for the Indians | |
| The Author pays them a visit | |
| Is recognised by them | |
| Arrangement with Mr. Rankin | |
| Crowds around their hotel | |
| First visit of the Ojibbeways to the Author's Collection | |
| Their surprise | |
| Council held under the wigwam | |
| Indians agree to drink no spirituous liquors | |
| The old Chief's speech to the Author | |
| Names of the Indians | |
| Their portraits | |
| Description of each | |
| Cadotte, the interpreter | |
| Ojibbeways visit the Mayor in Town-hall | |
| They refuse wine | |
| Distress of the kind and accommodating landlord | |
| Indians' first drive about the town of Manchester | |
| Their curious remarks | |
| Saw some white people drunk | |
| Many women holding on to men's arms and apparently not sick | |
| Saw much smoke | |
| Vast many poor people | |
| Indians commence dancing in the Author's Collection | |
| Effects of the war-dance and war-whoop upon the audience | |
| Various amusements of the evening | |
| A rich present to the old Boy-Chief | |
| And his speech | |
| Numerous presents made | |
| Immense crowd and excitement | |
| Indians visit a great woollen-factory | |
| Casts made from their heads by a phrenologist | |
| Visit to Orrell's cottonmill at Stockport | |
| Their opinions of it | |
| The party kindly entertained by Mr. Hollins and lady | |
| Indians on the housetops | |
| Great alarm | |
| Curious excitement | |
| People proposing to "take them" with ropes | |
| Railway to London | |
| The "Ironhorse" | |
| "The Iron-horse (locomotive) stops to drink" | |
| Arrive in London | |
| Alarm of the landlady | |
| Visit from the Hon. Mr. Murray | |
| Interview with His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge | |
| Old Chief's speech | |
| War-dance | |
| The Duke gives them ten sovereigns and ten pounds of tobacco | |
| Indians ride about the city in an "omnibus and four" | |
| Remarks on what they saw | |
| The smoke | |
| "Prairies on fire" | |
| Lascars sweeping the streets | |
| Visit from the Reverend Mr. S. | |
| Impatience to see the Queen | |
| Great medicine-feast to gain Her Majesty's consent | |
| Curious ceremony | |
| Hon. Mr. Murray's letter comes in | |
| The Queen's appointment to see them | |
| Great rejoicing | |
| Preparations for visiting the Queen | |
| Amusing interview with Sykes, the porter | |
| Mistaken by the old Chief for Prince Albert | |
| Meet the Hon. Mr. Murray | |
| The waiting-room | |
| The Author conducts the party before Her Majesty and the Prince in the Waterloo Gallery | |
| Their reception | |
| Introductions and conversations | |
| Indians give the war-dance | |
| A smoke | |
| The old Chief's speech to the Queen | |
| Pipe-dance | |
| Her Majesty and the Prince retire | |
| Indians at a feast in the waiting-room | |
| Drinking the Queen's health in Champagne | |
| Indians call it "Chickabobboo" | |
| Story of Chickabobboo, and great amusement | |
| Indians return to London | |
| Evening-gossip about the Queen and her Chickabobboo | |
| First evening of the Indians in Egyptian Hall | |
| Great excitement | |
| Alarm | |
| Tremendous applause | |
| Old Chief's speech | |
| Hon. Mr. Murray's letter to the old Chief, enclosing [pound]20 from the Queen and other presents | |
| Speech of the War-chief | |
| Pipe-dance | |
| Shaking hands | |
| Curious questions by the audience | |
| Ale allowed to the Indians at dinner and after supper | |
| Their rejoicing | |
| They call it Chickabobboo | |
| Rev. Mr. S--and friend visit the Indians again | |
| A day appointed for a talk about religion | |
| Indians go to the Thames Tunnel | |
| Give the medicine-dance (wabeno) under it | |
| Kind treatment there, and Chickabobboo | |
| The exhibition | |
| Egyptian Hall | |
| Debate about the propriety of the Indians dancing to make money | |
| Great crowd | |
| Woman screaming and lifted on to the platform by Cadotte (afterwards called the "jolly fat dame") | |
| She gives Cadotte a beautiful bracelet | |
| Her admiration of Cadotte | |
| Evening gossip after their exhibition | |
| The amusements of the evening and sights of the day | |
| A clergyman asks an interview with the Indians and gets offended | |
| Exhibition rooms at night | |
| Great crowd | |
| The "jolly fat dame" in full dress | |
| She talks with Cadotte | |
| Indians meet the Rev. Mr. S | |
| And friend by appointment | |
| Old Chief's speech to them | |
| Gish-ee-gosh-e-ghee's speech | |
| Reverend gentlemen thank them and take leave | |
| Exhibition rooms | |
| Great crowd | |
| The "jolly fat dame" | |
| Her interview with Cadotte | |
| She gives presents to all the Indians | |
| Excitement in the crowd | |
| Women kissing the Indians | |
| Red paint on their faces and dresses | |
| Old Chief's dream and feast of thanksgiving | |
| An annual ceremony | |
| Curious forms observed | |
| Indians invited to the St. George's archery-ground | |
| They shoot for a gold medal | |
| They dine with the members of the club | |
| The "jolly fat dame" and Cadotte | |
| She takes him to his lodgings in her carriage | |
| Cadotte (or the "Strong-wind") gets sick | |
| Is in love with another! | |
| Daniel unfolds the secret to her | |
| Her distress | |
| She goes to the country | |
| The "jolly fat dame" returns | |
| Cadotte's engagement to marry | |
| Rankin promotes the marriage | |
| The Author disapproves of it | |
| Mr. Rankin resolves to take the Indians to the provincial towns | |
| Exhibition advertised to close | |
| The wedding in St. Martin's church | |
| Great excitement | |
| Its object | |
| Grand parade through the streets in omnibuses | |
| Rankin advertises "the beautiful and interesting bride" to appear on the platform at the Indians' exhibitions | |
| Public disgust and indignation | |
| Condemned by the Press | |
| Rankin begins his exhibition | |
| Denies Cadotte admission to the Indians' rooms, and dismisses him from his service | |
| Rankin leaves London with the Indians | |
| Author getting out his large work | |
| The Indian portfolio | |
| The "jolly fat dame" makes a visit to Daniel in the exhibition rooms | |
| A long dialogue | |
| Illustrious subscribers to the Author's large work | |
| Emperor of Russia and Duke of Wellington review 10,000 troops at Windsor | |
| The Emperor presents the Author a gold box | |
| Author takes out a patent for "disengaging and floating quarter-decks, to save lives on vessels sinking or burning at sea" | |
| Opinions of the Press | p. 205 |
| Museum of History | p. 246 |
| A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Collection | p. 248 |
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The Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians
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Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
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