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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 158 - 160, no. 283 - no. 289. Image no. 283 shows Muk-a-tah-mish-o-kah-kaik (the black hawk), leader of the Black Hawk war of 1832; image no. 284 is his eldest son, Nah-se-us-kuk (the whirling thunder); image no. 285 shows Wah-pe-kee-suck (the white cloud), also called "the Prophet"; image no. 286 shows Wee-sheet (the sturgeon's head); image no. 287 shows Ah-mou-a (the whale); image no. 288 shows his wife, Wa-quo-the-qua (the buck's wife, female deer); and, image no. 289 shows Pash-ee-pa-ho (the little stabbing chief), once chief of his tribe. View 1 (2010-6732GEN). Image no. 283 - 286 -- view 2 (2010-6733GEN). Image no. 287 - 288 -- view 3 (2010-6734GEN). Image no. 289.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
7 prints (3 pages) : lithograph, col. ; images 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. or smaller on page 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485795CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Black Hawk,. Sauk chief,, 1767-1838--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Great Plains--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Clothing--Great Plains--Pictorial works Indian women--Great Plains--Pictorial works Sauk Indians--Pictorial works Fox Indians--Pictorial works Black Hawk War, 1832--Pictorial works Tribal chiefs--United States Warriors--Great Plains Great Plains--Pictorial works Prints Lithographs
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