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No. 10. Treaty of peace. The chiefs and warriors of the two hostile tribes in the act 

 of solemnizing the treaty of peace, by smoking mutually through the calumet, or 

 pipe of peace, which is ornamented with eagles' quills, the calumet resting in front 

 of the group. 



No. 11. Pipe-of-peace dance, by the warriors, with the pipes of peace, or calumets, 

 in their hands, after the treaty has been concluded. This picturesque scene will be 

 represented by the warriors all joining in the dance, uniting their voices with the 

 beat of the Indian drum, and sounding the frightful war-whoop. 



[Programme for the second evening. J 

 DOMESTIC SCENES. 



No. 1. The Blackfoot doctor, or mystery man, endeavoring to cure his dying patient 

 by the operation of his mysteries and songs of incantation. 



No. 2. Mr. Catlin at his easel in the Handan village, painting the portrait of Mah-to- 

 toh-pa, a celebrated Mandan chief. The costumes of the chief and the painter the 

 same that were worn on the occasion. 



No. 3. An Indian wedding. The chief, who is father of the girl, is seated in the mid- 

 dle of the group, receiving the presents which are laid at his feet by the young man, 

 who (when the presents accumulate to what the father deems an equivalent) receives 

 the cousent of the parent and the hand of the. girl, whom he leads off; aud as she 

 is the daughter of a chief, and admired by the young men, they are bestowing on her 

 many presents. 



No. 4. Pocahontas rescuing Captain John Smith, an English officer. u It had been de- 

 cided in council, over which Pow-ha-tan presided, that Capt. John Smith should be 

 put to death by having his head placed on a large stone and his brains beaten out 

 by two warriors armed with huge painted clubs. His executioners were standing 

 with their clubs raised over him, and in the very instant for giving the fatal blow, 

 when Pocahontas, the chiefs favorite daughter, then about thirteen years old, threw 

 herself with folded arms over the head of the captain, who was instantly ordered by 

 the chief to be released." 



No. 5. Wrestling, a favorite amusement among many of the tribes. For these scenes 

 several distinguished young men are selected on each side, and the goods bet being 

 placed in the care of the stakeholders, the wrestling commences at a signal given 

 and the stakes go to the party who count the greatest number of men remaining on 

 their feet. 



No. 6. Ball play. The most beautiful and exciting of all Indian games. This game 

 is often played by several hundreds on a side. The group represents the players leap- 

 ing into the air, and struggling to catch the ball, as it is descending, in their ball- 

 sticks. 



No. 7. Game of Tchung-k^e. The favorite play of the Mandans, and used by them 

 as their principal gambling game. 



No. 8. The Night dance of the Seminoles. A ceremony peculiar to this tribe, in which 

 the young men assemble and dance round the fire after the chiefs have retired to rest, 

 gradually stamping it out with their feet, and singing a song of thanksgiving to the 

 Great Spirit ; after which they wrap themselves in their robes and retire to rest. 



One will easily see that this opened a new field of amusement and excitement for 

 my old friends, who were now nightly present, with their companions, and approv- 

 ing with rounds of applause. Amougst these was my untiring friend Mr. Murray, 

 who, among the distinguished personages whom he introduced, made a second visit 

 with the little Leopold, Due de Brabant, whom he brought in his arms from his car- 

 riage. His Royal Highness, as the curtain rose and I stepped forward to give a brief 

 lecture, seemed not a little disappointed, by the speech that he suddenly made— 

 " Why, that is not an Indian ; that is Mr, Catlin, who gave me the Indian pipe and 

 the moccasins." However, a few moments more brought forth red faces and son^s 

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