DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES.
F. V. HAYDEN, U. S. GEOLOGIST.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS, No. 9.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF
PHOTOGRAPHS
OF
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
BY
W. H. JACKSON,
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE SURVEY.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1877.
PREFATORY NOTE.
Office of United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories,
Washington, D. C., November 1, 1877.
The collection of photographic portraits of North American Indians described in the following "Catalogue" is undoubtedly the largest and most valuable one extant. It has been made at great labor and expense, during a period of about twenty-five years, and now embraces over one thousand negatives, representing no less than twenty-five tribes. Many of the individuals portrayed have meanwhile died; others, from various causes, are not now accessible; the opportunity of securing many of the subjects, such as scenes and incidents, has of course passed away. The collection being thus unique, and not to be reproduced at any expenditure of money, time, or labor, its value for ethnological purposes cannot easily be over-estimated.