572 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



"Several persons in London conducting exhibitions have told me that they will ct<i 

 nothing unless they are under your management. 

 "I remain, yours, very truly, 



"ARTHUR RASKIN. 



"To Geo. Catlin, Esq." 



To this letter I answered as follows: 



" Sir : I received your letter of the 4th this morning, and hasten to reply. It will 

 be directly opposite to my present arrangements if I enter into any new engagements 

 such as you propose, as all my preparations are now made to embark for New York in 

 the course of a fortnight from this time. I have always been opposed to the plan of 

 bringing Indians abroad on speculation; but, as they are in the country, I shall, as 

 the friend of the Indians under all circumstances, feel an anxiety to promote their 

 views and success in any way I can. I could not, at all events, undertake to make 

 any arrangement with you until I see what kind of a party they are ; and, at all events, 

 as you will have to meet them at Liverpool, you had better call on me in Manchester, 

 when we can better understand each other's views. 

 "I remain, yours, &c, 



"GEO. CATLIN. 



"To A. Rankin, Esq." 



On the third day after the posting of this letter, Mr. Rankin arrived in Manchester 

 and called upon me in my exhibition rooms. After a little conversation with hint, 

 and without entering into any agreement, I advised him to lose no time in proceed- 

 ing to Liverpool to receive them when they landed ; and he took leave with the un- 

 derstanding that he would bring them to Manchester as soon as they arrived. The 

 next evening, just after it was dark, my doorkeeper, who was not yet in the secret, 

 came running in and announced that there was a "homnibus at the door quite full of 

 'orrible looking folks, and ee really believed they were hindians!" At that moment 

 Daniel whispered to me, "The Ojibbcways are here, and they are a pretty bJack- 

 looking set of fellows ; I think they will do." I saw them a moment in the ' bus, and 

 sent Daniel with them to aid Mr. Rankin in procuring them suitable lodgings. A 

 crowd followed the 'bus as it passed off, and the cry of "Indians! Real Indians!" 

 was started in Manchester, which soon rung through the Kingdom, as will be related. 

 (Pages 99-102, vol. 1, Catlin's Notes in Europe.) 



THE OJIBEWAYS OR CHIPPEWAS IN ENGLAND. 



Daniel, Mr. Catlin's man "Friday," took charge of the Indians at 

 Manchester and engaged rooms for them at a hotel, the landlord agree- 

 ing to take them, saying : 



A REMARKABLE FACT — INDIANS FRIGHTEN AN ENGLISII LANDLORD AT MANCHESTER. 



"O yes, certainly; bring them in. Porter, see to their luggage." They were in 

 his hall in a moment, having thoughtlessly sounded a yell of exultation as they landed 

 r on the pavement, and being wrapped in their robes, with their bows and arrows and 

 tomahawks in their hands— as Indians are sure to be seen when entering a strange 

 X>lace— the landlord, taking a glance at them as he passed out, called out to Daniel, 

 "What the devil is all this? I can't take in these folks; you must load them up 

 again. You told me they were Indians." "Well! they are," said Daniel. "No, 

 they're not ; they're wild men, and they look more like the devil than anything else. 

 Every lodger would leave my house before morning. They've frightened the cook 

 and my women folks already into fits. Load them up as quick as you please." Daniel 

 got them "on board" again, and drove toanother hotel, which Was just being opened 

 to the public, and with a new landlord, with whom he had a slight acquaintance. 



