Title: The Aboriginal Port-folio: A Collection of Portraits of the Most Celebrated Chiefs of the North American Indians
Inclusive Dates: 1835-1836?

Creator:

• Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858

Call Number: PH 350

Quantity: 74 lithographs (1 volume)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

A published volume whose parts were issued monthly starting in 1835, plus additional loose lithographs of drawings; based on portraits made by James Otto Lewis of Native American Chiefs who attended treaty negotiations in the upper midwestern United States, primarily in Wisconsin and Indiana, 1825-1833.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph00350

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PH 350 Plate   43	“A Celebrated Ottawa Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   35	“A Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   69	“A Sioux Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   55	“A View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   29	“A Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Squaw, wife of O'-check-ka or Four Legs,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   36	“A young Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   44	“Ash-e-taa-na-quet, A Celebrated Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   67	“At-ta-conse, or The Young Rein deer, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   12	“Billy Shane, a Shawnee Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   73	“Black Hawk, Prophet, Son [of Black Hawk],” 1835 June 14 Alternate Format: Image available online Physical Description: Not hand colored  Scope and Content Note: Prophet is Wabokieshiek, sometimes known as the the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Prophet.
Plate   24	“Brewett, A Celebrated Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   27	“Caa-taa-ke Mung-ga, or the Speckle'd Loon, A Miami Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   25	“Caw-taa-waa-be-ta, or Snagle'd Tooth, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   3	“Cha-co-to, a Pottawatomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   47	“Chat-o-nis-see, Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   63	“Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   62	“Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaws,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online Scope and Content Note: Three Ojibwa women with their babies.
Plate   49	“Com-no-sa-qua, a Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   33	“Cut-taa-tas-tia, a celebrated Chief of the Fox Tribe,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   40	“Francis Godfroy, a celebrated Chief among the Miami,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   72	“Jack-o-pa, or the Six, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   26	“Kaa-nun-der-waaguinse-zoo, or the Berry Picker, a famous Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   61	“Kee-me-one, or Rain, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   10	“Kee-o-kuck, or the Watching Fox, the present Chief of the Sauk tribe and sucessor to Black Hawk,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   48	“Kee-o-tuck-kee, a Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   20	“Ker-o-menee, a celebrated Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   57	“Ke-wa-din, or the North Wind, Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   6	“Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba, or the Big Buck, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   54	“Mac-Cut-I-Mish-E-Ca-Cu-Cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac [Sauk] Chief,” 1833 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   8	“Ma-che-ka-kat, or the Bad Hawk, Monomonie [Menominee] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   4	“Ma-ko-me-ta or Bear's Oil, a Monomonie [Menominee] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   42	“Mauck-coo-maun, a celebrated Ioway [Bah-Kho-Je] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   14	“Men-dow-min, or the Corn, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] dwarf,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   39	“Me-no-quet, a distinguish'd Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   18	“Mi-a-qu-a, a Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   64	“Mish-sha-quat, or the Clear Sky, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   15	“Mo-wan-za, or the Little Wolf, a Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   19	“Nabu-naa-kee-shick, or the One Side of the Sky, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   9	“Nah-shaw-a-gaa, or the White Dog's Son, Pottawatomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   32	“Na-mas, or Little Sturgeon, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   30	“Na-she-mung-ga, a Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   28	“O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes [Ho-Chunk] on Winnebago Lake Michigan,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   58	“O-che-na-shink-kaa, or the Man that Stands and Strikes, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1825?, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   60	“O-hay-wa-nim-ce-kee,or the Yellow Thunder, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   60	“O-hay-wa-nim-ce-kee,or the Yellow Thunder, Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   68	“O-wan-ich-koh [Hoowanneka] or the Little Elk, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   56	“Pach-e-po, a Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online Scope and Content Note: This young chief is the son of Me-o-ne-me, a Chief who served with Gen. Harrison during the late war and was killed at the River Thames.
Plate   23	“Pe-a-jick, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   37	“Pe-Che-Co, a Pottowattomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   52	“Pen-now-we-ta, a Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   34	“Pe-shick-ee, a celebrated Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   46	“Richardville, the Head Chief of the Miami Tribe of Indians,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   38	“She-sheba, or the Little Duck, a celebrated Winnebgo [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   2	“Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figure'd Stone, a Chippewa [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   11	“Shounk-Chunk the Black Wolf, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   22	“Sun-a-get, or Hard-Times, a Pottawatomie [Potawatomi] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   59	“Ta-ma-kake-toke, or the Woman that Spoke First, Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw [mourning],” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   66	“Tens-qua-ta-wa, or the One that Opens the Door, Shawnese [Shawnee] Prophet, brother of Tecumthe,” drawn 1823, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   21	“The Little Crow, a celebrated Sioux Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   45	“The Pipe Dance and the Tomahawk Dance of the Chippeway [Ojibwa] Tribe,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   41	“The Son, a Miami Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   16	“Too-sha-na-gan-ka, or the Little Otter, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   5	“Tshu-gue-ga, a celebrated Chief, half Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] and half French,” drawn 1827, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   17	“View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   13	“Waa-ba-shaw, a celebrated Sioux Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   65	“Waa-bin-de-ba, or the White Headed Eagle, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   53	“Waa-kaun-see-kaa, or the Rattle-Snake, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   1	“Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   7	“Waa-pa-laa, or the Playing Fox, the Prince of the Fox Tribe,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   50	“Waa-top-e-not, or the Eagle's Bed, a Fox Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   51	“Wadt-he-doo-kaana, a Chief of the Winnebagoes [Ho-Chunk],” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   71	“Wa-em-boesh-kaa, a Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1826, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   70	“Wa-kaun, or the Snake, a Winnebago [Ho-Chunk] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online
Plate   31	“Weesh-cub, or the Sweet, a noted Chippeway [Ojibwa] Chief,” drawn 1825, printed circa 1835 Alternate Format: Image available online