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Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
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Pehriska-Ruhpa, Minitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance

Date: 1832
Description: Pehriska-Ruhpa. Minatarre warrior with bow and arrow in the costume of the dog dance.
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Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a Celebrated Sac (Sauk) Chief

Date: 1833
Description: Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac (Sauk) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, drawn at Detroit (1833).
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Indians Fighting at Fort Mackenzie

Date: 08 28 1833
Description: Indians fighting at Fort Mackenzie (Montana).
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
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Kee-o-tuck-kee, a Pottowattomie (Potawatomi) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: Kee-o-tuck-kee, a Pottowattomie (Potawatomi) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the treaty of Green Bay (1827).
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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
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Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figure'd Stone, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figure'd Stone, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aborifinal Portfolio, sketched at the treaty of Fond...
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Ma-ko-me-ta or Bear's Oil, a Monomonie (Menominee) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: Ma-ko-me-ta or Bear's Oil, a Monomonie (Menominee) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, sketched at the treaty of Green Bay (1827)...
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O-hay-wa-nim-ce-kee,or the Yellow Thunder, Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: O-hay-wa-nim-ce-kee, or the Yellow Thunder, a Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, sketched by J.O. Lewis at th...
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Tshusick

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Tshusick, an Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman, that appeared in Volume I of The History of Indian Tribes by Thomas McKenney and James Hall.
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Tshi-zun-hau-kau

Date: 1835
Description: 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...
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti...
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Snags (Sunken Trees on the Missouri River)

Date: 1832
Description: Steamboat navigating through sunken trees on the Missouri River.
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Indian Utensils and Arms, objects 1-18

Date: 1832
Description: Indian Utensils and Arms. An engraving illustrating 18 various objects used in ceremonial and daily life of American Indians.
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Washinga Sahba's Grave on Blackbird's Hills

Date: 1832
Description: Engraving of Indians on horseback along river with Indian grave on hill in background.
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Wahk-Tä-Ge-Li, a Sioux Warrior

Date: 1832
Description: Engraving of Wahk-Tä-Ge-Li, a Sioux Indian in warrior dress.
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Fort Pierre on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Black and white engraving showing landscape with Fort Pierre and Indian tipis along the Missouri River.
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Horse Racing of Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre

Date: 1832
Description: Horse racing of Sioux Indians near Fort Pierre. Three Sioux Indians on horseback in foreground and Fort Pierre in distance.
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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre

Date: 1832
Description: Funeral of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre.

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