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place of his nation, and acquired a commanding and permanent influ- 

 ence over his people. 



"Keokuk is in all respects a magnificent savage. Bold, enter- 

 prising, and impulsive, he is also politic, and possesses an intimate 

 knowledge of human nature, and a tact which enables him to bring 

 the resources of his mind into prompt operation. His talents as a 

 military chief and civil ruler are evident from the discipline which 

 exists among his people. 



" This portrait was painted in the spring of 1846, on the Kansas 

 River, where he, with his people, were temporarily residing after 

 their removal from the Desmoines River. 



" He said he had been painted before, when he was a young man, 

 and they had represented him as a war-chief, but that he was now an 

 old man, and wished to be painted with his peace-pipe." — McKinney. 



53. 



SAC CHIEF, AND FOX BRAVE. 



(Painted May, 1846.) 



54. 



KEP-PEO-LECK, or RED WOLF. 



(Painted May, 1846.) 



55. 



SAC WAR CHIEF, IN WAR PAINT. 



(Painted May, 1846.) 



5(>. 



WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF BLACK HAWK. 



(Painted May, 1842.) 



5T. 



MEDICINE DANCE OF THE SACS. 



(Painted May, 1846.) 



The Medicine Dance of the Sacs is performed once every year, foi 

 the purpose of initiating the mystery or medicine-men into this sacred 

 custom of their tribe. 



