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Here he was more succegsful, and, advising the Icdians to keep quiet, had got them 

 in comfortably and without much excitement. This very go?d and accommodating 

 man, whose name I am sorry I have forgotten, being anxious to get his house and 

 his name a little notoriety, seemed delighted at the thought of his house being the 

 rendezvous of tbe Indians; and, upon Daniel's representations that they were a civil 

 and harmless set of people, his family and himself all did the most they could to ac- 

 commodate and entertain them. 



Daniel told him that they would make a great noise in Manchester, and as they 

 would be the lions of the day, and visited by the greatest people in town, the clergy 

 and all, it would be a feather in his cap, and make his hotel more known in three 

 days than it would otherwise be in three years. This had pleased the new landlord 

 exceedingly, and he made Daniel agree that Mr. Catlin, in announcing their arrival 

 in the papers, should say that they had taken lodgings at his house, which he thought 

 would do him great service. The good man's wish was complied with the next morn- 

 ing, but there was scarcely any need of it, for the crowd that was already gathered 

 and gathering around his new hotel were certain to publish it to every part of the 

 town in a very little time. 



After they had been landed awhile, and just when they were all seated around a 

 long table and devouring the beefsteaks prepared for them, I made my way with 

 great difficiilty through the crowds that were jammed about the door and climbing 

 to look into the windows, and entered the room, to take the first look at them. 



x\.s I stepped into the room I uttered their customary ejaculation of "How! how! 

 how!" — to which they all responded; and rising from their seats, shook hands with 

 me, knowing from my manner of addressing them who I was, or at least that I was 

 familiar with Indians. I requested them to finish their suppers ; and whilst convers- 

 ing with Mr. Rankin I learned, from giving ear to their conversation, that one of the 

 young men of the party had seen me whilst I was painting the portraits of chiefs at 

 a grand council held at Mackinaw a few years before, and was coming forward to 

 claim acquaintance with me. He finished his meal a little sooner than the rest, and 

 made a dart across the room and offered me his hand, with a " How ! how ! how ! ketch- 

 n-wah!" and then telling me, with the aid of the interprerer, that he knew me — that 

 ho was at Mackinaw at tbe great council, when I painted the portraits of Gitch-e- 

 gaw-ga-osh, and On-daig, and Ga-zaw-que-dung, and others; and I recollected his 

 face very well, which seemed excessively pleasing to him. 



AREA^GEMEXT WITH MR. RANKIX. 



The poor fellows were exceedingly fatigued and jaded ; and after a few minutes' 

 conversation I left them, advising them to lie quiet for two or three days until they 

 were rested and recruited after the fatigues of their long and boisterous voyage. 

 Mr. Rankin, with the aid of my man Daniel, settled all the arrangements for this, and 

 the next morning I met Mr. Raukiu with a view to some arrangement for their exhi- 

 bition in my collection, which was then open in the Exchange Rooms. He seemed 

 alarmed about the prospects of their exhibition, from what had been told him in Lon- 

 don, and proposed that I should take them off his hands by paying him £100 per 

 month. 



I instantly stated my objections to such an arrangement ; that by doing so I should 

 be assuming all the responsibilities for them while abroad. 



Mr. Catliu finally agreed to share his receipts equally with them, they 

 to be shown iu his gallery ; he to lecture and explain customs, &c. 

 This was accepted by Rankin. 



THE INDIANS I^l CATLIN'S GALLERY. 



Their first airing iu Manchester was a drive in an omnibus to mj' ftshibition rooms, 

 which they had long wished to see. 

 The mayor of the city, with the editors of the Guardian and several other gentle- 



