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Description
Plates in: Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : in a series of letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing. : with three hundred and sixty engravings, from the author's original paintings / by Geo. Catlin, Vol. 2, plate 121, no. 211 - no. 214. Image no. 211 shows Shawanos chief Lay-law-she-kaw (he who goes up the river); image no. 212 shows his daughter Ka-te-qua (the female eagle); image no. 213 shows Pah-te-coo-saw (the straight man); and, image no. 214 shows Ten-squa-ta-way (the open door), also called the Shawnee Prophet, brother of Tecumseh, holding his "medicine fire" and "sacred string of beans". 2010-6695GEN.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
4 prints (1 page) : lithograph, col. ; images 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. on page 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485504CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Indians of North America--Great Plains--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Clothing--Great Plains--Pictorial works Shawnee Indians--Pictorial works Indian women--Great Plains--Pictorial works Tribal chiefs--United States Warriors--Great Plains Great Plains--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs Portrait prints
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