Medicine Painter: George Catlin on the Upper Missouri, 1832.  (Narrative: Page 15)

Four Bears. ©UCDP 1997. University of Cincinnati Libraries. Four Bears (Mato-Tope) (Mandan (Numakaki)). Plate 64. Catlin. The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1892. Archives & Rare Books Department, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati.


 

Bird's-Eye View of the Mandan Village. ©UCDP 1997. University of Cincinnati Libraries. Bird’s-Eye View of the Mandan Village. Plate 47. Catlin. The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1892. Archives & Rare Books Department, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati.

 

Interior of a Mandan Lodge. ©UCDP 1997. University of Cincinnati Libraries. Interior of a Mandan Lodge. Plate 46. Catlin. The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1892. Archives & Rare Books Department, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati.

 

Archery of the Mandan. ©UCDP 1997. University of Cincinnati Libraries. Archery of the Mandan. Plate 60. Catlin. The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1892. Archives & Rare Books Department, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati.

 

Buffalo Dance (Mandan). ©UCDP 1997. University of Cincinnati Libraries. Buffalo Dance (Mandan). Plate 56. Catlin. The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1892. Archives & Rare Books Department, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati.


While in the Mandan Villages, Catlin painted portraits, the one of Four Bears being perhaps the best known. He also recorded views of the village itself, including the interior of lodges, games and sports and dances.

 
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