30 MUNSEES.— OTTAWAS. 



MUNSEES. 



39. 



JIM GRAY. 



(Painted 1843.) 



Principal Chief of the Munsees, a small tribe residing with tht 

 Delawares. 



OTTAWAS. 



40. 



SHAB-A-NEE. 



(Painted 1843.) 



An Ottawa Chief. This man is well known throughout the north- 

 ern part of Michigan and Illinois, his people having formerly occu- 

 pied and owned the soil in that region. During the late war he was 

 one of the most prominent actors, and one of Tecumseh's counsellors 

 and aides-de-camp. He says he was near Tecumseh when he fell, 

 and represents him as having been stabbed through the body with 

 a bayonet, by a soldier : he seized the gun with his left hand, raised 

 his tomahawk, and was about to despatch him, when an officer, wear- 

 ing a chajiemc and riding a white horse, approached him, drew a 

 pistol from his holster, and shot him. He and the remaining few of 

 his people reside with the Potowatomies, near Council Bluffs, on the 

 Missour. 



