George Catlin Quotes

George Catlin

American Artist

Born: Jul 26, 1796

Died: Dec 23, 1872

Appearance First Men Seen Winter World

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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 through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up. George Catlin

Winter First Down Back Hundred Hundred Times Severity Lodge Indian Dress Clean Through Taken Put Also His Up Times Wet Which Skins Stands Even Deer Rains Soft

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 over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun. George Catlin

Silence Sadness Face Seen Fire Mouth Setting Setting Sun Fathers Sun Clap Hunting Take Over Fair Look Him Smooth His Hand Turn Ground Graves Last Set

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 away at the approach of civilization. George Catlin

Men Past Approach Melting Civilization Noble Red Over Boundless Contemplated Prairie Spread Years Forests Races Who Many Now Away

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 looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent. George Catlin

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