l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8/ 



The first is entitled " Indian Mode of Traveling," and shows a long 

 line of Indians, some mounted, others on foot, crossing the prairie. 

 The second is one of the most beautiful of his many paintings, and 

 bears the title " Spearing Fish in Winter." This wintry scene w-as 

 described by Mrs. Eastman in her book already mentioned, and to 

 cjuote in part : " In the picture an Indian is about taking a fine fish 

 from ofl:' his spear ; the hatchet with which he broke the hole in the 

 ice lies beside him. 



" He is dressed in the warm dress worn by the Dacotas in the 

 winter, his head protected from the cold by the cornered hood, which 

 is only worn by the men " 



These were the artist's last Indian pictures. A few years later, 

 while engaged on the series of forts, he was stricken and died in 

 Washington, D. C, August 31, 1875. 



