7S^ THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



Mr. King died in Washington, in 1862. Possessed of considera- 

 ble wealth, he made a bequest to the town of Newport for the benefit 

 of the public schools. To the Eedwood Library he gave a liberal be- 

 quest of pictures and money. 



A list of Mr. King's collections of Indian portraits in oil can be found 

 in "An account of the Smithsonian Institution, its founder, building, 

 operations, &c.," by William J. Ehees, Washington, D. C, 1859. Mr. 

 Ehees has been the chief clerk of the Institution since 1852, and through a 

 period of more than twenty-six years has prepared catalogues, and guide- 

 books for the Institution, as well as the history of the Institution.* 



This collection consisted of one hundred and forty-seven numbers. 



On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 24, 1865, the principal jjart of 

 the contents of the rooms in the upper story and towers of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution were destroyed by fire. Mr. King's collection of In- 

 dian portraits, the property of the Government, were totally destroyed. 

 Almost all of these portraits were, however, copied by Henry Inman, 

 and can be found in McKenney& Hall's "American Indians," Philadel- 

 phia. 



J. M. STANLEY AND HIS GALLERY. 



J. M. Stanley was born in Canandaigua, I^ew York, in 1814. At an 

 early age he became a portrait and, afterwards, an historical painter. 

 He moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1835. Attracted by the picturesque 

 features of the Indian life in the Northwest, Mr. Stanley, in 1842, be- 

 gan a tour amongst the Indians of the new State of Oregon and Terri- 

 tories of Idaho, Montana, and Washington. In 1842, 1843, and 1844 

 Mr. Stanley visited the Seminoles, Oherokees, and Creek Indians. 

 They at this time were west of the Mississippi Kiver, on the lands now 

 embraced in Indian Territory. In June, 1843, an international Indian 

 council was held at Tah-le-quah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, at 

 which representatives were present from seventeen Indian tribes. Mr. 

 Stanley was present, and talked with and painted many of the visiting 

 chiefs or warriors. 



In 1846 he was on the plains of (now) New Mexico, and visited the 

 Apaches ; in 1847 to 1851 with the Indians of (now) Washington Terri- 

 tory and Oregon. Mr. Stanley had with his gallery a collection of war 

 and civic Indian relics and curiosities. 



In a communication dated January 23, 1858, to the regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, suggesting the propriety of the purchase of his 



* In this catalogue is to be specially noted the euphony and beauty of the individual Indian names. 

 Mr. Catlin's Indian names are also marked for their beautiful meaning. Time, it seems, has changed 

 the Indian method of bestowing names. In House Keport 96, Forty-second Congress, second session, 

 can be found an array of modem Indian names quite startling. Many of these are on the pension-lists 

 of the nation, having served in the war for the preservation of the Union. They reside in Indian 

 Territory. The poetry of Stanley's and Catlin's Indian names of 1832-1848 is sadly jarred by the prac- 

 tical names of 1872— Tom Potatoe, Hog Shooter, Lowly Middlestriker, Pig Mike, Samuel Walking- 

 Stick, Samuel Poor Boy, Adam Dirt-SeUer, James Tobacco, David Ballfrog, James Tin Cup, Arch Big- 

 Foot, Thomas Eooster, Eobin Dirt-Pot, Adam Mouse, Walter Horse-Ply, Liar, and Samuel Squirrel. 

 These gentlemen are mostly Cherokees, Creeks, or Seminoles. The occupations, habits, or customs of 

 each seems to furnish a name. 



