Portraits of North American Indians, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Portraits of North American Indians, Vol. 2: With Sketches of Scenery, EtcThe collection embraced in this Catalogue comprises accu rate portraits painted from life of forty-three different tribes of Indians, obtained at the cost, hazard, and inconvenience of a ten years' tour through the South-western Prairies, New Mexico, California, and Oregon. Of course, but a short de scription of the characters represented or of the leading inci dents in their lives is given. But even these brief sketches, it is hoped, will not fail to interest those who look at their por traits, and excite some desire that the memory, at least, of these tribes may not become extinct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.