EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
The art of photography has made it possible to preserve a pictorial recerd of 
the dwellings and other structures of native tribes beyond the Mississippi, and 
many early photographs, together with drawings and paintings by various 
artists, have been selected to illustrate the present work. 
PLATE 1 
One of the original drawings by Griset reproduced by woodcuts in Col. R. I, 
Dodge’s work The Plains of the Great West, 1877. The reproduction is now 
made exact size of the original. Collection of David I. Bushnell, jr. 
Ernest Henry Griset, born in France, 1844; died March 22, 1907. Lived in 
England, where he did much of his work. In 1871 he exhibited at Suffolk 
Street. Some of his paintings are hung in the Victoria and Albert Museum. 
More than 30 examples of his work belong to the Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 
ington. ‘“ His reputation rests on his water-color studies of animals, for which 
he was awarded prizes in London. Two of his best-known works are Cache- 
cache, and Travailleurs de la foret.”’ 
PLATE 2 
Reproduction of one of the five paintings by Stanley now in the United States 
National Museunr, Washington, D. C. 
James M. Stanley, born in Canandaigua, New York, January 17, 1814; died 
April 10, 1872. He moved to Michigan in 1835 and became a portrait painter 
in Detroit; two years later removed to Chicago. About this time he visited 
the “ Indian Country ” in the vicinity of Fort Snelling, and there made many 
sketches. Returned to the eastern cities, where he spent several years, but in 
1842 again went west and began his wanderings over the prairies far beyond 
the Mississippi, reaching Texas and New Mexico. His Buffalo Hunt on the 
Southwestern Prairies was made in 1845. From 1851 to 1863 Stanley lived in 
Washington, D. C., during which time he endeavored to have the Government 
purchase the many paintings which he had made of Indians and of scenes in 
the Indian country, but unfortunately he was not successful. His pictures 
were hanging in the Smithsonian Building, and on January 24, 1865, when a 
large part of the building was ruined by fire, only five of his pictures escaped 
destruction, they being in a different part of the structure. The five are now 
in the National Museum, including the large canvas shown in this plate. 
PLATE 3 
This is considered to be one of Wimar’s best works. The original is owned 
by the City Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. Size of canvas, 36 inches high, 
60 inches long. 
Charles Ferdinand Wimar, usually known as Carl Wimar, was born in 
Germany, 1828; died in St. Louis, November, 1862. Came to America and 
settled in St. Louis during the year 1848. A few years later he met the 
French artist Leon de Pomarede, with whom he later studied and made several 
journeys up the Missouri for the purpose of sketching. Went to Europe and 
returned to St. Louis about 1857. His Buffalo Hunt, now reproduced, was 
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