THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 80? 



to 1842. Afterwards he established himself in Saint Louis, where he 

 died. 



Deas painted both the heroic and domestic life of the Indian. Many 

 of his pictures were engraved and are found in most collections. Among 

 his subjects were. "Long Jake," a mountain hunter; the "Indian 

 Guide," a Shawnee guide for Major Wharton, commandant of the 

 United States Dragoons expedition in 1841 from Fort Leavenworth to 

 the Pawnees on the Platte Eiver; the "Wounded Pawnee;" "The 

 Voyageur," "The Trapper," two pictures from the history of "We- 

 nona;" "A Group of Sioux," and "Hunters on the Prairie;" Clarke's 

 Council with the Shawnees at North Bend ; and " The Last Shot," an 

 incident of the battle of the Eio Grande, an affair between Captain 

 Walker and a ranchero. 



Deas was considered a man of great genius and promise. 'He was a 

 grandson of Balph Izard, the patriot, and was a pupil of John Sander- 

 son, of Philadelphia, and of the National Academy, New York. His 

 work can now frequently be seen in books upon the North American 

 Indians. His last years were sad ones, as he bee ame deranged and died 

 about 1859. He was mentally dead, however, several years before. 



A young Swiss, Ehinederbacher, resided several years on the fron- 

 tier prior to 1838, and painted many interesting scenes of Indian life. 

 The war dance of the Winnebagoes, shown in the frontispiece to vol. 

 1 of McKenney and Hall, was painted by him, and is a fair illustration 

 of his art. 



Charles or Karl Bodmar, the Swiss artist, made a visit to the United 

 States between 1830 and 1840, and visited the Indians. His work is 

 principally illustrations for books. 



The several cheap American editions of Mr. Catlin's "Eight Years 

 Amongst the North American Indians," published in the United States 

 after 1844, contain many illustrations of Indians and Indian life by 

 Bodmar. Some of them are steel plates. 



Peter Moran, of Philadelphia, the eminent artist, since 1879, has 

 done much most excellent work amongst the Pueblos of New Mexico 

 and Arizona, and also amongst the Bannocks and Shoshones of Idaho 

 and Wyoming. No American artist ranks higher, and in his Indian 

 work he has caught the life and spirit of that race. 



George D. F. Brush, of New York, while amongst the Sioux, obtained 

 material from their every-day life, since worked into realistic artistic 

 efforts. 



William M. Macy, also of New York, and Henry E. Poore, of Philadel- 

 phia, have aided in the effort to perpetuate the aborigines of America. 

 Still the photograph has prevented many artists from seeking the ab- 

 original field for subjects. 



