On the Wanderings of an Artist

On my return to North America from the continent of Europe, where I passed considerable time in studying the customs and manners of the European Male in his native habitat, I determined to devote whatever talents and proficiency I possessed to the painting of a series of pictures illustrative of the North American White Male and scenery.

The subject was one in which I had felt a deep interest since boyhood, having become intimately familiar in my native land with the hundreds of trappers, coureurs de bois, priests and farmers who represented the noblest races of Europe.  

But alas, the face of the white man is changing, all traces of his former self are being altered through contact with the red man.  Thus, it has become my undertaking to record all manner of his customs and practices, as I trust these pictures will possess not only an interest for the curious, but also an intrinsic value to the historian. 

- Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle

(adapted from The Wanderings of An Artist Among The Indians of North America, by Paul Kane, first published in 1859)