Draper Manuscripts: Kentucky Papers, 1768-1892

Container Title
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Item   12a
Henry Brown
Note: Three-quarter length portrait of Henry Brown, sitting. “Henry Brown, died in Nebraska some time ago.” Oliver Lemere, 1926.
WHi Image ID: 27875.
Item   12b
Henry Rice and Hoon-jah-gah (Bearskin)
Note: Bearskin was a member of the Bear Clan and a leader in the medicine lodge. Bearskin's son, John, lived in Nebraska.
WHi Image ID: 27876.
Item   12c
Henry Rice
Note: WHi Image ID: 27877.
Item   12d
Captain Whitewood (Mah-na-pay-honch-nee-kaw) and Mr. Tucker
Note: Seated portrait of Captain Whitewood (Mah-na-pay-honch-nee-kaw) and Mr. Tucker, both of the Ho-Chunk tribe. Whitewood was a member of the Bear Clan, a soldier chief, and was called “captain” by non-Indian people.
WHi Image ID: 27878.
Item   12e
Moccasin, circa 1885
Note: Early carte-de-visite of a Ho-Chunk man identified as Moccasin. The backdrop indicates the photograph came from Charles Van Schaick's studio, but it may have been produced by an earlier photographer.
WHi Image ID: 27881.
Item   12f
Songjonmanneekaw (Henry Rice)
Note: Full-length portrait of Songjonmanneekaw (Henry Rice) of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe posed standing next to a chair covered with a cloth. Songjonmanneekaw was the son of Chief Little Hill and was a renowned medicine man. He died around 1911 in Wisconsin. “... Probably of the Eagle clan.” -Oliver Lemere.
WHi Image ID: 27883.
Item   12g
Grey Wolf
Note: Portrait of Grey Wolf, brother of Little Priest, sitting and holding a rifle. Grey Wolf “was wounded in a skirmish. Died about 1906 in Nebraska,” according to Oliver Lemere.
WHi Image ID: 24111.
Item   14
Yellow Thunder
Note: Seated portrait of Yellow Thunder of the Ho-Chunk tribe, wearing a white scarf.
WHi Image ID: 27886.