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Who was Paul Kane ? |
I determined to devote whatever talents and proficiency I possessed to the painting of a series of pictures illustrative of the North American Indians and scenery. The subject was one in which I felt a deep interest in my boyhood.
- Paul Kane
Quotations are from Paul Kane's book originally published in 1859
Wanderings of an Artist
Among the Indians of North America
from Canada to Vancouver's Island and Oregon
through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territory and Back Again
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In most cases Kane's spelling has been retained.
Kane's illustations were copied from various sources by school children as a learning project over a period of years.
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