228 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



I have seen Mr. Catlin's collection of portraits of Indians, many of which were 

 familiar to me, and painted in my presence ; and, as far as they have included In- 

 dians of my acquaintance, the likenesses are easily recognized, bearing the most strik- 

 ing resemblance to the originals, as well as faithful representations of their costumes. 



W. CLARK, 

 Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Saint Louis. 



I have examined Mr. Catlin's collection of the Upper Missouri Indians to the Rocky 

 Mountains, all of which I am acquainted with, and indeed most of them were painted 

 when I was present, and I do not hesitate to pronounce them correct likenesses and 

 readily to be recognized. And I consider the costumes, as painted by him, to be the 

 only correct representations I have ever seen. 



JOHN F. A. SANFORD, 

 U. S. Indian Agent for Mandans, liickarees, Minatarees, 

 Crows, Enisteneaux, Assinnedoins, Blackfeet, $c. 



Having examined Mr. Catlin's collection of portraits of Indians of the Missouri and 

 Rocky Mountains, I have no hesitation in pronouncing them, so far as I am ac- 

 quainted with the individuals, to be the best I have ever seen, both as regards the 

 expression of countenance and the exact and complete manner in which the costume 

 has been painted by him. 



J. L. BEAN, 

 S. Agent for Indian Affairs. 



I have been for many years past in familiar acquaintance with the Indian tribes of 

 the Upper Missouri and the Rocky Mountains, and also with the landscape and other 

 scones represented in Mr. Catlin's collection, and it gives me great pleasure to assure 

 the world that, on looking them over, I found the likenesses of my old friends easily 

 to be recognized, and his sketches of manners and customs to be portrayed with sin- 

 gular truth and correctness. 



J. PILCHER, 

 Agent for Upper Missouri Indians. 



It gives me great pleasure in being enabled to add my name to the list of those who 

 have spontaneously expressed their approbation of Mr. Catlin's collection of Indian 

 paintings. His collection of materials places it in his power to throw much light on 

 the Indian character; and his portraits,. so far as I have seen them, are drawn with 



great fidelity as to character and likeness. 



H. SCHOOLCRAFT, 

 Indian Agent for Wisconsin Territory. 



Having lived and dealt with the Blackfeet Indians for five years past, I was ena- 

 bled to recognize every one of the portraits of those people, and of the Crows also, 

 which Mr. Catlin has in his collection, from the faithful likenesses they bore to the 

 originals. 



J. E. BRAZEAU. 



Saint Louis, 1835. 



