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Chief Oshkosh
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Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded neckpouch and a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
1850
Howland, William (engraver)
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Chief Oshkosh
1850
Waist-up pen and ink drawing of Chief Oshkosh. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. He wears a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded neckpouch and a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
Death Whoop
circa 1850-1859
"Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio.
Chief John Young
John Young, Potawatomi Indian Chief near Marshfield. He came to Wisconsin from Illinois about 1840. He is buried in the Indian Village at McCord, Wisconsin.
Peter Wolfe and William Wolfe
1932
Outdoor portrait of Peter Wolfe, chief of Lac Courte d'Oreilles band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians, with his son William Wolfe, who was Secretary of Lac Courte d'Orielles. Both men wear traditional,...
