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Plate 5. "An Osage Scalp-Dance. * * * On returning from 

 the scene of strife, they celebrate their victories by a scalp-dance. 

 * * * This picture represents the scalp-dance of the Osages 

 around a woman and her child ; and a warrior in the act of striking 

 her with his club, his chief springing forward and arresting the blow 

 with his spear." 



A picture possessing great artistic merit. The ornaments and 

 decorations of the Osage are carefully drawn; the many details of 

 the picture are quite remarkable. 



Plate 6. " A Buffalo Hunt. On the Southwestern Prairies." The 

 tribe represented in the picture is not mentioned, nor is it now pos- 

 sible to identify the Indian. The scene was typical of the time and 

 place. 



Plate 7. " Black Knife. An Apache Chief, reconnoitering the com- 

 mand of General Kearney on his march from Santa Fe to Cali- 

 fornia." 



This large canvas, measuring 41 by 50 inches, is shown in the old 

 photograph reproduced in Plate 2. It hangs on the extreme right, 

 third row from the bottom, and Imowing its size enables us to form 

 a better idea of the others shown in the same photograph, all of 

 which were destroyed in the fire of January 2-1, 1865. 



The destruction of the collection of 146 paintings caused an ir- 

 reparable loss, a loss which will be more fully appreciated in the 

 future when the events depicted and the individuals shown will be- 

 long to the vague past. 



