PEEFACE. 



THE 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. 



J. M. STANLEY. 



