[Catlin, George]:

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NOTICE SUR LES INDIENS IOWAYS, ET SUR LE NUAGE BLANC, 1ER CHEF DE LA TRIBU, VENUS DES PLAINES DU HAUT-MISSOURI, PRÈS DES MONTAGNES ROCHEUSES (TERRITOIRE DES ÉTATS-UNIS, AMÉRIQUE DU ... When Chief White Cloud and members of the Ioway Indian Nation (i.e. Baxoje or Pa-ho-dje) arrived in England in the summer of 1844 with their promoter, G.H.C. Melody (the Western agent for P.T. Barnum), artist George Catlin seized the opportunity and hired them to exhibit their songs, games and ritual dances in London. After a successful tour through the British Isles, the group accepted an invitation to perform in Paris, and Catlin moved them and his Indian Gallery to France, where they were enthusiastically welcomed and performed for King Louis Philippe and the royal family. In addition to their promoter, the Ioway were also accompanied by Jeffrey Doraway, an African-American linguist, who was close to White Cloud and acted as the group's interpreter. Both Melody and Doraway are listed on the title page of the present work. Catlin recounted his adventure with the Ioway in CATLIN'S NOTES OF EIGHT YEARS' TRAVELS AND RESIDENCE IN EUROPE.... This pamphlet reproduces eight Catlin illustrations of the Ioway and the accompanying text describes each of the thirteen Ioway (chiefs, braves, and squaws), their appearance, costumes, mores, religious habits, as well as their fearsome dances, which are depicted in three of the plates. It also describes the performance of Chief White Cloud and his people for

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