1. On the way we decided to visit the Catlins, a little-known forest area on the coast, near Balclutha.

2. George Catlin always said his early years were fun.

3. His name was George Catlin.

4. George Catlin is most famous for painting Native Americans.

5. George Catlin left many letters telling about his travels.

6. George Catlin loved people.

7. Catlin said his company designed the system to work like the high-tension mooring systems that hold up floating oil rigs.

8. George Catlin had never seen anything like these Native Americans.

9. George Catlin captured in paint a man of honor and courage(http:///catlin.html), a leader of his people.

10. George Catlin was doing what he loved and he was making a living as an artist.

11. We begin our story just a few years after George Catlin was born, in Wilkes - Barre, Pennsylvania.