THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 593 



CADOTTE, THE INTERPRETER, AN OBJECT OF INTEREST TO AND 

 MARRIES AN ENGLISH LADY. 



Daring the exhibition of the nine Ojibbeways at Egyptian Hall with 

 the Catlin Indian Gallery, Cadotte became an object of interest to an 

 English lady, known as the "jolly fat dame." She courted him, but his 

 eyes and heart were on a pretty English girl, whom finally he married. 

 Mr. Rankin, Mr. Catlin writes, encouraged this, and he discouraged it. 

 The marriage was used as an advertising scheme. It ended in the with- 

 drawal of the Indians from the Gallery which broke up the exhibition. 

 Of this Mr. Catlin writes— 



This sudden break-up of our establishment at the Egyptian Hall, just at the com- 

 mencement of the fashionable season, when considerable outlay had been made, and 

 the receipts daily increasing, was disastrous to all parties, and particularly so to me> 

 ■who had the hall, at a heavy rent, for three months longer, left on my hands. The 

 excitement of the exhibition being thus removed, my Indian collection, which had 

 already been three years in the same building, scarcely drew visitors enough to meet 

 its expenses, and I left its management entirely to my faithful man Daniel, while I 

 devoted my time to getting out my second book. — Pages 185-192, vol. 1, Catlin's 

 Notes in Europe. 



ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF FOURTEEN IOWA INDIANS IN LONDON. 



See also Nos. 250-266 and notes herein, and plate facing this page. 

 Mr. Catlin writes (page 197, vol. 1, Catlin's Notes on Europe): 



My large work being now published in London, and, like my former one, kindly 

 noticed and highly approved by the press, I felt as if mylaborsin England were com- 

 ing near to a close ; and, having a little leisure, I was drawing my little children (of 

 whom I now had four) nearer to me than ever, and, with my dear Clara, was endeav- 

 oring to see the remainder of the sights of London before our departure for our native 

 land. 



At this time Mr. Catlin contemplated returning to the^ United States. 



His gallery was not paying expenses. Owing to the departure of the 

 live Indians, sufficient attractions were not furnished to draw audiences. 

 He writes: 



The Ojibbeways having left London, and my large work being published to the 

 world, I was turning my eyes to my native country again, where, with my little ones 

 and my collection, I was preparing to go ; but even this was not to be as we had de- 

 signed it, for it was announced just then that another party of fourteen Indians had 

 arrived at Liverpool and were on their way to the metropolis. 



Mr. Catlin at once changed his mind as to returning to America and 

 began a new enterprise. 



Fourteen Iowa Indians were in the party under charge of G. H. C. 

 Melody, who brought them to England under permission of Hon. J. M. 

 Porter, Secretary of War, and Vespasian Ellis, Commissioner of In- 

 dian Affairs. 



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