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 frontiers, at posts or in towns, frequently obtained pictures of Indians, 

 and many of these negatives were forwarded to the War Department, 

 and eventually reached the Smithsonian Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN CATALOGUE OF INDIAN PORTRAITS. 



In 1867 the Smithsonian Institution published in No. 216, Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections, a catalogue of photographic portraits of North 

 American Indians in the gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, 42 

 pages, 301 numbers. These were taken in most cases by A. Zeno Shind- 

 ler, esq., the accomplished artist of the Smithsonian Institution, who,from 

 1858 to 1869, photographed visiting delegations of Indians who came to 

 Washington, and copied many pictures and drawings received from 

 Army officers and Indian agents. Mr. Shindler accompanied Mr. William 

 Blackmore, of London, to the Indian country in 1870-1871, and the re- 

 sults of his labors in the field, as well as in Washington, are given in 

 the catalogue above noted. It also contains much valuable information 

 in notes as to the history of Indians or tribes. Mr. A. Gardner, of 

 Washington, photographed the Indians given in this catalogue from 

 No. 100 to 130. 



The negatives of this collection were transferred to the United States 

 Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F. V. Hay den in charge, in 

 1870, and are embraced in the catalogue of Photographs of North 

 American Indians, by William H. Jackson, photographer of the Survey, 

 No. 9, of Miscellaneous Publications of the Survey of Washington, 1877. 



JACKSON'S CATALOGUE. 



This catalogue was prepared by William H. Jackson, the eminent pho- 

 tographer, now of Denver, Colo. It is a most valuable contribution to 

 ethnology. Mr. Jackson, during the years from 1869 to 1880, was with 

 Hayden's Survey on its expeditions through the Territories, and much 

 with the Indians. His notes in this catalogue attest the keenness of 

 his observations and his photographs his artistic ability. 



Professor Hayden, in a preparatory note, gives in detail the history 



of the collection : 



Office of United States Geological and 

 Geographical Survey of the Territories, 



Washington, D. C, November 1, 1877. 



The collection of photographic portraits of North American Indians described in 

 the following Catalogue is undoubtedly the largest and most valuable one extant. 

 It has been made at great labor and expense, during a period of about twenty -five 

 years, and now embraces over one thousand negatives, representing no less than 

 twenty-five tribes. Many of the individuals portrayed have meanwhile died ; others, 

 from various causes, are not now accessible ; the opportunity of securing many of the 

 subjects, such as scenes and incidents, has, of course, passed away. The collection 

 being thus unique, and not to be reproduced at any expenditure of money, time, or 

 labor, its value for ethnological purposes cannot easily be overestimated. 



Now that the tribal relations of these Indians are fast being successively sundered 

 by the process of removal to reservations, which so greatly modifies the habits and 



