O-kee-pa /by George Catlin.

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O-kee-pa /by George Catlin.

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3153893

Description of Mandan religious ceremony and other customs. Original manuscript in Catlin's hand. Some passages have been deleted by pasting paper over them. The most important of the deleted passages is the Bull Dance passage, which was later printed separately as "Folium Reservatum."

100 p. (in 1 case) : illus; 26 cm.

eng, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...