Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . his was over,he told me, that he had no inimical feelings towards me, although he hadbeen telling the chiefs that they were all fools, and all would die who hadtheir portraits painted—that although he had set the old women and chil-dren all crying, and even made some of the young warriors tremble, yethe had no unfriendl
Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author's original paintings . his was over,he told me, that he had no inimical feelings towards me, although he hadbeen telling the chiefs that they were all fools, and all would die who hadtheir portraits painted—that although he had set the old women and chil-dren all crying, and even made some of the young warriors tremble, yethe had no unfriendly feelings towards me, nor any fear or dread of myart. I know you are a good man (said he), I know you will do no harmto any one, your medicine is great and you are a great * would like to see myself very well—and so would all of the chiefs ; butthey have all been many days in this medicine-house, and they all knowme well, and they have not asked me to come in and be made alivewith paints—my friend, I am glad that my people have told you whoI am—my heart is glad—I will go to my wigwam and eat, and in a littlewhile I will come, and you may go to work ; —another pipe was lit andsmoked, and he got up and went off. I prepared my canvass and pa- 30. 55 . CcLtCb Ill lette, and whistled away the time until twelve oclock, before he madehis appearance; having used tlie whole of the fore-part of the day at histoilette, arranging his dress and ornamenting his body for his picture. At that hour then, bedaubed and streaked with paints of various colours,with bears grease and charcoal, with medicine-pipes in his hands andfoxes tails attached to his heels, entered Mah-to-he-hah (the old bear*PLATE 65), with a train of his own profession, who seated themselvesaround him; and also a number of boys, whom it was requested shouldremain with him, and whom I supposed it possible might have been pupils,whom he was instructing in the mysteries of materia medica and hocapoca.
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