The native American., 1838-05-19
CATLIN'S INDIAN GALLERY,

In the " w Wig-Wam shany which he has erected on
Pennsylvania Avenue expressly for the purpose
This curious and unique collection, told, is to
close in few days, and after short exhibition in
Philadelphia, is to be removed to Europe.
This Gallery contains the portraits of men, women
and children, Of thrtyeght different tribes, speaking
different languages painted in their country and by
their Wig VAN fresdes. amounting in all to three
hundred aud thirty. In addition to these hun
dred and seventy other paintings containing views of the
ulages of these trbes-their games and ceremonies
their buffalo hnntsthe landscapes Of the country which
these people live nand in fact. every thing which ap-
pertains to the true character and customs Of these
strange people. In addition to the paintings to be
seen their curious manufactures in every variety, from
the size Of Wig VAN down to rattle whistle
their beautiful and picturesque costumes-ther gorgeous
head dresses of the war eagles qus and ermne-and
qu of the raven-ther shirts and eggns Of the skin
of the mountain sheep-fringed with scalp plocks--
their necklaces of the claws of the grizzly bearher
shields made Of the skin Of the buffao's neck-their
qnvers-ther bows Of bone and sineW, cnriously ce.
,nented togetherand poisoned arrows with which they
kill their enemy and their game, that for the enemy be-
ing poisoned-thcir ances-cradles -clubs-ppes
and canmets-n short, every thing that could be dis
covered of their fabrication manufacture, has been
carefully preserved and set before the world by Mr..
CATLIN in this invaluable collection. feeling of
bition or enthusiasm entirely above that Of
considerations has led him to the wilderness where he
has sought and famiiarized himself with, the true,
tive habits looks and manners of the savage before he
has been contaminated and subdued by the bghng and
whitening approach of the white man, and in this (he
only way has he been enabled to lay before the world
vast and almost endless fund of information descrip-
tive of their true and native and customs. This
immense and perfect collection is yet in City, and
open for Inspection. The President and his Cabinet
its visters-the elite Of the City, beauty and fashion, all
admire and all exclan-sha this collection be allowed
to leave the country And ask, shall Native Ar.
st land too who born and nurtured in the far
famed valley of Wyoming) who has risked his life
and faced the dangers and undergone the prvatons Of
such enterprise and gathered such fund Of usefu
and instructive information for the world be allowed to
leave his own country and seek liberal patronage in
foreign land, from which this collection would most
suredly never return? Will not Congress appropriate
liberal SUN for the purchase Of this collection, erect
building prepare suitable Room for it, that the Ar
tist may his works preserved and protected for future
generations to gaze upon-his ambition thereby fixed
and concentrated to point, TO which his pride
desire for fame, would draw the energies Of his futur
hlc in the completion of his present works. and in
rying his original design, Of adding to. and finishing
the stock of materials Of this noble collections! We fond
| ly anticipate affirmative response.