North American Indians 



469 



Photographed and Copyrighted by Edward S. Curtis 



A Ztmi Girl 



NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS 



THE series of illustrations of 

 different Indian types printed 

 on the following pages of this 

 number have been selected from the col- 

 lection of Indian photographs by Mr 

 Edward S. Curtis, of Seattle. Mr Curtis 

 is a trained photographer, who some 

 years ago determined to make a photo- 

 graphic record of the Indian tribes of the 

 United States. He realized how rapidly 

 the habits and character of such few 

 tribes as remain on the continent are dis- 

 appearing and the great value of photo- 



graphs to the future generations who will 

 have no opportunity of seeing primitive 

 Indians. As the work progressed, the im- 

 portance and largeness of the task as well 

 as the expense of the undertaking became 

 more and more apparent, but Mr Curtis 

 continued the work for nine years un- 

 aided. Last year, however, he enlisted 

 the cooperation of Mr J. Pierpont Mor- 

 gan, of New York, who is contributing 

 a generous sum toward the field work 

 in order that the series of photographs 

 may be completed more rapidly and the 



