Project Gutenberg 2022-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 486 Catlin, George 1796 1872 Catlin, G. (George) Catlin, Geo. (George) Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 2) With letters and notes, written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing $aUnited Kingdom :$bChatto & Windus, Picadilly,$c1876. Richard Hulse, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians" by George Catlin is an exploration of Indigenous cultures written in the late 19th century. This work documents Catlin's experiences and observations from eight years of travel among various North American tribes, illustrating their customs, traditions, and way of life. The narrative conveys a keen interest in the rapidly disappearing Indian cultures, aiming to preserve their stories through visual and written means. The opening of the work reveals Catlin's passionate commitment to telling the story of the North American Indians. He reflects on his early life, law career, and inspiration drawn from witnessing a delegation of Native Americans in Philadelphia, which spurred his desire to travel west. Catlin recounts his preparations for an adventurous journey into the wild, expressing a dual purpose: to capture the beauty and customs of these indigenous peoples through painting and to document their histories and practices for posterity. His initial letters detail the challenges and wonders of his travels, setting the stage for an intimate glimpse into the lives of the tribes he encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/illustrationsofm01catl_0 20210323121503catlin 1876 GB Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Indians of North America E011 Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - American Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 953427 2025-07-27T08:38:21.687275 text/html 949276 2023-08-23T19:33:14 text/html 28295072 2025-07-27T08:38:45.216129 application/epub+zip 28295622 2025-07-27T08:38:29.350325 application/epub+zip 685707 2025-07-27T08:38:23.561225 application/epub+zip 29776975 2025-07-27T08:38:53.572121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29692142 2025-07-27T08:38:39.539130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1682375 2022-09-30T22:46:53.032657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 817292 2025-07-27T08:38:19.358246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 817164 2023-08-23T19:32:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19194 2025-07-27T08:38:53.743056 application/rdf+xml 22671 2025-07-27T08:38:23.833208 image/jpeg 3320 2025-07-27T08:38:23.699202 image/jpeg 305306 2023-08-23T19:33:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 29441733 2023-08-23T19:33:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 29486074 2025-07-27T08:38:22.203229 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia