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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 146 - 147 , no. 258 - no. 263. Image no. 258 shows Mah-kee-me-teuv (the grizzly bear); image no. 259 shows his wife Me-cheet-e-enuh (the wounded bear's shoulder); image no. 260 shows Chee-me-na-na-quet (the great cloud); image no. 261 shows Tcha-kauks-o-ko-maugh (the great chief); image no. 262 shows Coo-coo-coo (the owl); and, image no. 263 shows two youths, one holding war-club, the other blowing on his "courting flute." View 1 (2010-6720GEN). Images no. 258 - 261 -- view 2 (2010-6721GEN). Images no. 262 - 263.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
6 prints (2 pages) : lithograph, col. ; images 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. and 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. on pages 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485756CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Indians of North America--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien--Pictorial works Indian women--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Clothing--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien--Pictorial works Menominee Indians--Pictorial works Tribal chiefs--United States Warriors--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien Pipes (Smoking) Flutes Prairie du Chien (Wis.)--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs
Place
Wisconsin Prairie du Chien United States Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
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