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Painting

Isaac Winnesheek, Winnebago Chief

Date: 1829
Description: Watercolor miniature of Isaac Winnesheek, Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief.
Print

View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Print

Nah-shaw-a-gaa, Or The White Dog's Son

Date: 1827
Description: Nah-shaw-a-gaa, or the White Dog's Son, a Pottawatomie (Potawatomi) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, drawn at the Treaty of Gr...
Print

Pe-Che-Co, a Pottowattomie (Potawatomi) Chief

Date: 1827
Description: Pe-Che-Co, Pottowattomie (Potawatomi) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, sketched at the treaty of Massinnewa (1827).
Painting

Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes

Date: 1821
Description: Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes.
Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
Print

Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba, or the Big Buck, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1825
Description: Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba, or the Big Buck, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the treaty of Prarie du Chi...
Print

"Chippeway (Ojibwa) Squaws"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) women with their babies, originally titled "Chippeway Squaws." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, p...
Print

"Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ...
Print

Wa-kaun, or the Snake, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief

Date: 1825
Description: Wa-kaun, or the Snake, a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Chief. Hand-colored lithography from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treaty of Prairie...
Print

Ker-o-menee

Date: 1827
Description: Portrait of Ker-o-menee, a celebrated Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treat...
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 1

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The first page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 2

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The second page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 3

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The third page of the treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Print

Key Way No Wut or Going Cloud

Date: 1827
Description: Lithographic portrait of Key-Way-No-Wut or Going Cloud, the war chief of the Lac du Flambeau band of Chippewa smoking a pipe.
Manuscript

Calendared Treaty of Green Bay

Date: 08 18 1821
Description: Green Bay Treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near the Fox River to the Winne...
Painting

Fort Shelby/Fort McKay

Date: 1823
Description: British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b...
Manuscript

Indian Treaty Signed at Prairie du Chien

Date: 08 19 1825
Description: Beginning page of the Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Sauk, Fox, Menominee, Iowa, Sioux, Winnebago and a portion of the Ottawa, Chippewa...
Manuscript

Indian Treaty Signed at Prairie du Chien

Date: 08 19 1825
Description: Fourth page of the Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Sauk, Fox, Menominee, Iowa, Sioux, Winnebago and a portion of the Ottawa, Chippewa, a...
Manuscript

Indian Treaty Signed at Prairie du Chien

Date: 08 19 1825
Description: Second page of the Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Sauk, Fox, Menominee, Iowa, Sioux, Winnebago and a portion of the Ottawa, Chippewa, a...

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