MR. CATLIN'S ITINERARY, WITH NOTES. 



ITINEEARY, 1830 TO 1871. 



Mr. Catliu in 1871 prepared au itinerary of his journeyiugs and 

 roamings in search of Indian subjects in North and South America — 

 both for the Catlin Gallery and the Cartoon Collection. The itinerary 

 of the Catlin Gallery embraces the years from 1830 to 1838. 



The maps showing his travels from 1830 to 1871 were prepared for this 

 work. 



-ITINERARY, 1830-1831. 



In the years 1830 and 1831, (forty years ago) I accompanied Governor Clark, of 

 Saint Louis, then Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to treaties held with the Winne- 

 bagos and Menomonies, the Shawanos and Sacs and Foxes, and in these interviews 

 began the series of my Indian paintings. 



Mr. Catlin spent the winter of 1829-'30 in Washington, where he saw 

 several delegations of Indians visiting President Jackson. Mr. Catlin 

 obtained a letter of introduction to Governor William Clark,* then Su- 

 perintendent of Indian Affairs for Missouri, and proceeded to Saint 

 Louis, where his roamings began. 



ITINERARY OF 1831-'32. 



In 1831 I visited, with Governor Clark, the Konzas (Kansas), and returned to Saint 

 Louis. In 1832 I painted the portraits of " Black Hawk " and others of his warriors, 

 prisoners of war at Jefferson Barracks, at the close of the " Black Hawk War." 



The pictures of the Kansas Indians are Nos. 22-28. The descriptive 

 text can be found with the portraits. The Kansas tribe was then lo- 

 cated on the Kansas River, about 70 miles from its junction with the 

 Missouri. 



The " Black Hawk " portraits were painted in the fall of 1832, at Jef- 

 ferson Barracks, and are Nos. 2 to 16. 



* Captain ami Governor William Clark or Clarko. This name is variously given. The act of Con 

 gress of March 3, 1807, granting lands to hira for services iu exploring the Louisiana purchase, calls 

 him Clarko. The river in the Northwest named for him is called Clarko. President Jeiferson, in his 

 message to Congress of July, 1806, called him Charlie. The authorized history of the expedition 

 begun by Captain Lewis, and completed by Paul Allen, calls him Clarke. All of the works upon Iho 

 expedition, except that of B. T. Ellis, 1840, call hira Clarke. A county in Montana named for him is 

 called Clarke. In the roster of the regiment of artillery, United States Army, 1800, is found William 

 Clark, a first lieutenant. In Edwards's " Great AVest," a history of Saint Louis, where William Clarko 

 resided, it is given as William Clark. Mr. Catlin, who saw him daily for a long time, gives his name 

 Clark and Clarko. His sou entered the United States Army, in 1H30, as a brevet second lieutenant from 

 Missouri, as Merriwether Lewis Clark. Finally, the person iu question signed his name "William 

 Clark." The aathoritiea are divided, yot Clark was not. Ho wrote his name Clark.— T. D. 



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