THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 805 



Particular attention has been paid to proving the authenticity of the portraits of 

 the various individuals represented, and it is believed that few, if any, mistakes 

 occur in that respect. 



The historical notices are mainly compilations from standard works on the subject. 



All of the following portraits and views are photographed direct from nature, and 

 are, in nearly every case, from the original plates, the exceptions being good copies 

 from original daguerreotypes or photographs that are not now accessible. 



The portraits made under the supervision of the Survey are generally accompanied 

 by measurements that are as nearly accurate as it has been possible to make them. 



The pictures vary in size from the ordinary small card to groups on plates 16 by 20 

 inches square. The majority, however, are on plates 6£ by 8£ inches square ; these 

 are usually trimmed to 4 by 5£ inches, and mounted on cabinet cards. 



All the photographs are numbered upon their faces, and as these numbers do not 

 occur in regular order in the text a numerical index is appended, by means of which 

 the name of any picture, and the page on which the subject is treated, may be readily 

 found. 



William H. Jackson. 



Washington, D. C, November 1, 1887. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



Miscellaneous Publications No. 5, entitled Descriptive Catalogue of the Photo- 

 graphs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the years 1869 to 

 1873, inclusive, published in 1874, contains, on pages 67-83, a "Catalogue of Photo- 

 graphs of Indians [&c]." This, however, is a mere enumeration of the negatives then 

 in the possession of the Survey, and is now superseded by the present independent 

 publication. 



The Catalogue (124 pages) contains descriptions of one thousand and 

 ninety-four Indian photographs, single portraits and groups. The text 

 is extremely valuable and interesting. A list of families, tribes, and 

 bands of North American Indians is given, and then a history of fami- 

 lies, tribes, and individuals. Its data is correct to 1877. After June 

 30, 1879, the negatives of this collection were turned over to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and are now in the possession of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology, in charge of Prof. John W. Powell. 



WHEELER COLLECTION. 



Mr. T. O. Sullivan, the photographer of the expeditions of Lieut, (now 

 Capt.) George M. Wheeler, in charge of the geographical explorations 

 and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, under the War De- 

 partment, from 1871 to 1880, from time to time made photographs of 

 Indians and Indian life. These were published, and the negatives are 

 now in the War Department. 



PICTURES OF INDIANS IN GOVERNMENT REPORTS, 1798-1886. 



The published reports of surveys and expeditions by Army officers 

 and sometimes by Naval officers from 1789 to 1886 contain many Indian 

 portraits and scenes. 



In September, October, and November, 1852, Gapt. L. Sitgreaves, 

 United States Topographical Engineers, made an expedition from the 

 puebla of Zuni, New Mexico, to Gamp Yuma, Arizona. R. H. Kern was 



