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The aboriginal port folio, or A collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians [Blue wrapper for No. 1]
[Title-page, dated Jany. 1836]
[Manuscript Table of Contents. Dated 16-4-1904]
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Chat-O-Nis-See. Pottowattomic Chief
Richardville. The Head Chief of the Miami tribe of Indians
Mauck-Coo-Maun. A Celebrated Ioway Chief
The Son. A Miami Chief
Ash-E-Taa-Na-Quet. A celebrated Chippeway Chief
Waa-Na-Taa or the Foremost in Battle. Chief of the Sioux tribe
Ma_Ko_Me_Ta_ or Bear's Oil. A Monomonic Chief
Shing-Gaa-Ba-W'Osin or the Figure'd Stone. A Chippewa Chief
Cha_Co_To. A Pottawatomic Chief
Tshu_Gue-Ga. A Celebrated Chief half Winnebago and half French
Ma-Che-Ka-Kat or the Bad Hawk. Monomonic Chief
Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck. A Chippewa Chief
Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox. Prince of the Fox tribe
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Kee-O-Kuck or The Watching Fox. The present Chief of the Sauk tribe and Successor to Black Hawk
Shounk-Chunk the Blackwolf. A Winnebago Chief
Nah-Shaw-A-Gaa or The White Dog's Son. Pottawatomic Chief
Billy Shane. A Shawnee Chief
Waa-Ba-Shaw. A Celebrated Sioux Chief
Too-Sha-Na-Gan-Ka or The Little Otter. A Winnebago Chief
Men-Dow-Min or The Corn. A Chippewa Dwarf
Mo-Wan-Za or The Little Wolf. A Miami Chief
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View of the Great Treaty Field at Prarie du Chien. September 1823
Ker-O-Menée. A Celebrated Winnebago Chief
Mi-A-Qu-A. A Miami Chief
Nabu-Naa-Kee-Shick or The One Side of the Sky. A Chippewa Chief
Sun-A-Get or Hard-Times. A Pottawatomic Chief
Pe-A-Jick. A Chippewa Chief
The Little Crow. A Celebrated Sioux Chief
Brewett. A Celebrated Miami Chief
A Celebrated Ottawa Chief
Kaa-Nun-Der_Waaguinse-Zoo or the Berry Picker. A famous Chippewa Chief
Caa-Taa-Ke Mung-Ga or the Speckle'd Loon. A Miami Chief
Caw-Taa-Waa-Be-Ta or the Snagle'd Tooth. A Chippewa Chief
O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs. Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan
A Winnebago Squaw. Wife of O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs
Na-Mas or the Little Sturgeon. A Chippeway Chief
Na-She-Mung-Ga. A Miami Chief
Weesh-Cub or the Sweet. A noted Chippeway Chief
Cut-Taa-Tas-Tia. A Celebrated Chief of the Fox tribe
A young Miami Chief
Pe-Schick-Ee. A Celebrated Chippeway Chief
A Miami Chief
Pe-Che-Co. A Pottowattomic Chief
Francis Godfroy. A Celebrated Chief among the Miamis
Me-No-Quet. A distinguish'd Pottowattomic Chief
She-Sheba or The Little Duck. A Celebrated Winnebago Chief
A View of the Butte Des Morts Treaty Ground with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. M'Kenney in 1827
The Pipe Dance and The Tomahawk Dance of the Chippeway tribe.
Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cat or Black Hawk. A Celebrated Sac Chief
Pach-E-Po. A Pottowattomic Chief
Waa-Kaun-See-Kaa or the Rattle-Snake. A Winnebago Chief
Pen-Now-We-Ta. A Miami Chief
Com-No-Sa-Qua. A Pottowattomic Chief
Wadt-He-Doo-Kanna. Chief of the Winnebagoes
Waa-Top-E-Not or the Eagle's Bed. A Fox Chief
Kee-O-Tuck-Kee. A Pottowattomic Chief
Chippeway Squaws
Mish-Sha-Quat or The Clear Sky. A Chippeway Chief
Kee-Me-One or Rain. A Chippeway Chief
A Chippeway Squaw and Child
O-Hya-Wa-Nim-Ce-Kee or the Yellow Thunder. A Chippeway Chief
Ke-Wa-Din or the North Wind. Chippeway Chief
Ta-Ma-Kake-Toke or the Woman that Spoke First. A Chippeway Squaw (mourning)
O-Che-Na-Shink-Kaa or the Man that Stands and Strikes. A Winnebago Chief
Wa-Em-Boesh-Kaa. A Chippeway Chief
Wa-Kaun or the Snake. A Winnebago Chief
Jack-O-Pa or the Six. A Chippeway Chief
A Sioux Chief
At-Te-Conse or the Young Rein Deer. A Chippeway Chief
Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One That Opens the Door. Shawnese Prophet
O-Wan-Ich-Koh or the Little Elk. A Winnebago Chief
Waa-Bin-De-Ba or the White Headed Eagle. A Chippeway Chief
Interior of a Sioux Lodge
Kit-Chee-Waa-Be Shas. The Great Martin
Ma-Ga-Zee. A Pottawatomic Chief
Abraham Quary. The last Indian of the Nantucket tribe age 64
A Chippeway Chief
Buffaloe Hunt on the River Platte
Na-Ma-Nis Cut. A Pottowattamie [sic] Chief
Pa-Shee Nine or the Good Marksman. A Chippeway Chief
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Peale, Titian Ramsay, (1799-1885,)
Thompson, Jerome, (1814-1886,)
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