Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 460
aveled in theircountry a hundred yearsago, drew a lively pic-ture of their manners.Figs. 566 and 567 weremade from photographstaken from life, and con-vey as correct an ideaas wood-cuts can of thetrue aboriginal Ameri-can physiognomy. Seealso fig. 488, p. 387. The atrocities com-mitted by these… … A glance nearer home, however, humbles, our pride, covers us with 454 NATIONAL TYPES. As a specimen of the peculiar eloquence of the AmericanIndian we insert the following. AN INDIAN WAR-TALK. On the occasion of the imprisonment of Red Iron (Maza-sha), one of the Sioux chiefs, Lean Bear, gathering…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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