THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 

 Fourteen children were the result of this union, viz : 



703 



None of the above children are now living (January, 1887), except 

 F. P. Catlin, of Clayton, Wis. 



George Catliu's mother, Polly Sutton, was the daughter of early set- 

 tlers of Wyoming Valley, then known as "Wyoming settlers," and was 

 born at Exeter, Luzerne County, Pa., September 30, 1770. 



Her father was one of the settlers engaged in the battles with the 

 Indians at the famous massacre of July, 1778, and she, along with her 

 mother, was captured by the Indians at the surrender of Forty Fort. 

 They were afterwards released. 



She was a playmate of Frances Slocum, the girl of five years of age 

 who was taken prisoner and carried ofl" by the Indians and found fifty- 

 nine years afterwards near Logansport, Ind., living with and adopted 

 by the Miami Indians. Her portrait showed her to have been a woman 

 of personal beauty and determination. She was a woman of fine artis- 

 tic taste, and from her George undoubtedly received his artistic ability. 

 Her large family of fourteen children were her constant care and atten- 

 tion. She died at Delta, Oneida County, N. T., July 15, 1844, and is 

 buried there. 



Of his parents Mr. Catlin writes : 



My dear niotlier yyas a Metliodist, aud a devout Cliristian, and my father a philoso- 

 pher, professing no particular creed, but keeping and teaching the commandments. 



In consequence of failing health, a result of arduous services at the 

 bar, Mr. Catlin's father removed with his family from Wilkes Barre in 

 1797, to a farm in Oua-qua-gua Valley, in Broome County, State of New. 

 York, about 40 miles from Wilkes-BaiTe. 



The journey from Wilkes Barre to the Ona-qua-gua Valley farm was 

 made on horsebadk in the summer of 1797, over an Indian trail. Mrs. 

 Catlin in after years would state many incidents of this journey, and 

 describe how she carried her baby George in her arms. Here he lived 

 until 1808, when he sold this farm and bought one near Hop Bottom, 

 Pa. Here he remained until 1818, when he removed to Montrose. Pa. 

 After residing until 1821 at Montrose he removed to a farm at Great 

 Bend, Pa., where be died in 1842. 



