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Metea, or that of Blackman who appeared on the same plate. For 

 Blackman, let it suffice to say that he was a Chippewa whose coun- 

 tenance the artist sketched in the middle of August at Fort Garry 

 in Canada. The journalist then wrote that "this man had a peculiar 

 expression on his face, which induced Mr. Seymour to take a likeness 

 of him" (ibid., vol. 2, p. 76). Of the three heads Blackman may be 

 the best, but this group is enough to convince us (unless J. Hill as 

 engraver has betrayed the painter) that Seymour ought never to set 

 up as a portrait artist. Certainly, too, as far as this publication is 

 concerned, Seymour missed the opportunity that J. O. Lewis made 

 much of in the next few years : the recording of Indian costume and 

 paint. 



At Prairie du Chien the party was split ; Seymour was in the section 

 that moved by boat up the Mississippi to Fort Snelling. On June 26 

 they passed "Garlic cape. ... In shape it represents a cone cut by a 

 vertical plane ... its height is about 400 feet. The peculiarity of 

 its appearance has made it a celebrated landmark on the Mississippi. 

 Mr. Seymour, whose pencil was frequently engaged in sketching the 

 beautiful features of the Mississippi, took a hasty view of this as the 

 boat passed near it" (ibid., vol. 1, p. 267). The sketch, however, was 

 not reproduced. 



On approaching Lake Pepin, Keating allowed the guide to tell the 

 story of Winona. "While the circumstances of this tale were related 

 to us, Mr. Seymour was engaged in sketching this interesting spot" 

 (pi. 14). Keating used the picture as his fourth plate because "it 

 gives a correct idea of the scenery of the upper part of the Mississippi, 

 which has never, we think, been accurately represented" (ibid., vol. 

 1, pp. 284—285). Another picture that Seymour did on this occasion 

 Keating regretted he could not reduce satisfactorily to the proper size ; 

 it was "a fanciful delineation of the tragic event" just related : 



Mr. Seymour painted one of this kind, in which the landscai)e was repre- 

 sented with the most faithful accuracy, but which he animated and enlivened 

 by the introduction of a numerous party of Indians, in whom the characteristics 

 of the Dacotas were strikingly delineated. The unfortunate Winona was repre- 

 sented at the time when she was singing her dirge, and the various groups of 

 Indians below indicated the corresponding effect upon the minds of the spec- 

 tators. [Ibid., vol. 1, p. 285.] 



The remaining illustration in the first volume of the Narrative is 

 a portrait of "Wanotan and His Son," full length, with tepees and 

 landscape in background (pi. 15). Although the faces are miserably 

 done, it is a more satisfactory picture than the earlier plate with the 

 three heads, for here considerable attention has been given to details 

 of costume. Wanotan, the Charger, Keating informs us, was "the 

 most distinguished chief of the Yanktoanan tribe" and "one of the 



