Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2): being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian CollectionCatlin, George
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Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2): being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection
Catlin, George
England -- Description and travel; France -- Description and travel; Indians of North America
12. _I-o-wáy_, the Ioway; one of Black Hawk's principal warriors;
his body curiously ornamented with his "war-paint."
13. _Pam-a-hó_, the Swimmer; one of Black Hawk's warriors.
Very distinguished.
14. _No-kúk-qua_, the Bear's Fat.
15. _Pash-ee-pa-hó_, the Little Stabbing Chief (the younger); one
of Black Hawk's braves.
16. _Wáh-pa-ko-lás-kuk_, the Bear's Track.
FOXES.
On the Desmoines River; present number (in 1840), 1500.
17. _Aíh-no-wa_, the Fire; a doctor or _"medicine" man_; one half
of his body painted red, and the other yellow.
18. _Wée-sheet_, the Sturgeon's Head; one of Black Hawk's
principal warriors; his body most singularly ornamented with
his _war-paint_.
This man held a spear in his hand, with which, he assured me, he
killed four white men during the war.
19, 20, 21. Three in a group; names not known.
KON-ZAS.
A tribe of 1560 souls, residing on the Konza river, sixty or eighty
miles west of the Missouri. Uncivilized remains of a powerful and warlike
tribe. One-half died with the smallpox a few years since. This tribe
shave the head like the Osages, Sacs, and Foxes.
22. _Shó-me-kós-see_, the Wolf; one of the Chiefs; his head curiously
ornamented, and numerous strings of wampum on his
neck.
23. _Jee-hé-o-hó-shah_, He who cannot be thrown down; a warrior.
24. _Wá-hón-ga-shee_, No Fool; a very great fop.
Used half the day in painting his face, preparing to sit for his picture.
25. _Meach-o-shín-gaw_, Little White Bear; a spirited and distinguished
brave, with a scalping-knife grasped in his hand.
26. _O-rón-gás-see_, the Bear-catcher; a celebrated warrior.
27. _Chésh-oo-hong-ha_, the Man of Good Sense; a handsome
young warrior; style of his head-dress like the Grecian
helmet.
28. _Hón-je-a-pút-o_, a woman; wife of O-rón-gás-see.
O-SÁGE, OR WA-SÁW-SEE.
A tribe in their primitive state, inhabiting the head-waters of
the Arkansas and Neosho or Grand Rivers, 700 miles west of the
Mississippi. Present number of the tribe, 5200; residing in three
villages; wigwams built of barks and flags, or reeds. The Osages
are the tallest men on the continent, the most of them being over
six feet in stature, and many of them seven. This tribe shave the
head, leaving a small tuft on the top, called the "scalp-lock."
29. _Cler-mónt_, ----; first Chief of the tribe; with his
war-club in his hand, and his leggins fringed with
scalp-locks taken from his enemies' heads.
This man is the son of an old and celebrated chief of that name,
who died a few years since.
30. _Wáh-chee-te_, ----; woman and child; wife of Cler-mónt.
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