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A Potawatomi Chief
![Full-length portrait of Potawatomi chief Simon Kahquados, born Kakanisaiga. He is depicted in his peace council attire. Caption reads: "A POTAWATOMI CHIEF. The legend in the mythology of the Potawatomi, that they are the 'Guardians of the Sacred Fire' by 'Divine command received from above,' from which their name is derived, is beautifully portrayed by Mrs. John P. Shiells [Blanche Cummings] in the painting (from which this is copied) Simon Kahquados, descendant of a long line of Potawatomi chiefs and spokesman of the Wisconsin band as model,—from which this Process Color Plate was produced by the Menasha Printing & Carton Co., of Menasha, Wisconsin. Frontispiece in "The Potawatomi" by Publius V. Lawson."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700021020020/2102000395-l.jpg "A Potawatomi Chief")
| Full-length portrait of Potawatomi chief Simon Kahquados, born Kakanisaiga. He is depicted in his peace council attire. Caption reads: "A POTAWATOMI CHIEF. The legend in the mythology of the Potawatomi, that they are the 'Guardians of the Sacred Fire' by 'Divine command received from above,' from which their name is derived, is beautifully portrayed by Mrs. John P. Shiells [Blanche Cummings] in the painting (from which this is copied) Simon Kahquados, descendant of a long line of Potawatomi chiefs and spokesman of the Wisconsin band as model,—from which this Process Color Plate was produced by the Menasha Printing & Carton Co., of Menasha, Wisconsin. Frontispiece in "The Potawatomi" by Publius V. Lawson." |
| Image ID: | 153647 |
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| Creation Date: | 1920 |
| Creator Name: | Cummings, Blanche |
| City: | Blackwell |
| County: | Forest |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | American Indian classified file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | Indian CF 123.3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7 x 10 inches |
| This painting appeared in The Wisconsin Archaeologist, Vol. 19 No. 2, April 1920. |
| Painting |
| Portraits |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Indian beadwork |
| Potawatomi Indians |
| Men |
| Moustache |
| Water |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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