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9 quotes by George Catlin

George Catlin George Catlin by William Fisk, 1849 Born (1796-07-26)July 26, 1796 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Died December 23, 1872(1872-12-23) (aged 76) Jersey City, New Jersey Nationality American Known for Painting George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. By travelling to the American West five times during the...
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I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting... →

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An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even... →

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A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the men being six feet high.

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I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look... →

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The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it... →

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The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made... →

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The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest... →

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Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.

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The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly... →

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