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Portrait of Little Elk
1849
Hand-colored lithograph of Little Elk (Hoo-Wan-ne-ka), chief of the Ho-Chunk, as he appeared during an official visit to Washington, D.C. in 1824. This portrait appeared in the "History of the Indi...
Me-Te-A, a Pottawatimie Chief
1849
Head and shoulders portrait of Metea, a Chief of the Potawatomi Tribe. He spoke against land cessions during the 1821 treaty negotiations.
Tshi-zun-hau-kau
1835
Portrait of Tshi-zun-hau-kau, a Winnebago/Ho-Chunk warrior, that appeared in Volume II of the History of Indian Tribes by Thomas McKenney and James Hall in 1836.
Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiah, a Saukie Brave
circa 1840-1849
A color lithograph of the Saukie brave Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiah, also known as Black Hawk. This was published in Volume I of "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" (1848).
