46 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



32.— NATURAL DAM IN CRAWFORD COUNTT, ARKANSAS. (Painted 1844.) 

 S3.— VIEW OF DARDANELLE ROCK ON THE ARKANSAS. (Painted 1844.) 

 34.— ISH-TON-NO-YES, or JAMES GAMBLE. (Painted 1843.) 

 Chickasaw Interpreter. A young man of education, and speaks English fluently. 



35.— WA-BON-SEH, or THE WHITE SKY. (Painted June, 1843.) 

 Principal Chief of the Prairie Baud of Potowatomies, residing near Council Bluffs, This 

 chief is a bold and sagacious warrior, but possesses no merit as an orator ; his will is sub- 

 mitted to his people through his speaker, a man possessed of great powers of oratory. 

 Many of his war exploits are of a thrilling and exciting nature. 



36.— OP-TE-GEE-ZHEEK, or HALF-DAY. (Painted June, 1843.) 



Principal Speaker and Counsellor of the Potowatomies. This man is justly celebrated 

 for his powers of oratory. By his dignity of manner, and the soft and silvery tones of his 

 voice, he succeeds admirably in gaining the most profound attention of all within hearing. 

 At the council which he attended in the Cherokee nation he attracted universal attention, 

 both from his eloquence and the singularity of his dress, the style of which he probably ob- 

 tained from the Catholic missionaries residing upon the frontier. 



37.— NA-SWA-GA, or THE FEATHERED ARROW. (Painted 1843.) 

 Principal Chief of a band of Potowatomies, residing on the waters of Little Osage River; 

 he is distinguished as a bold warrior. 



38.— THOMAS HENDRICK. (Painted 1843.) 

 Principal Chief of the Stockbridges. Of this tribe but few ai'e living, and they have 

 united themselves with the Delawares, with whom they cultivate the soil in common. This 

 man speaks good English, and is very affable in his manners. 



39.— JIM GRAY. (Painted 1843.) 

 Pi'incipal Chief of the Munsees, a small tribe residing among the Delawares. 



40.— SHAB-A-NEE. (Painted 1843.) 

 An Ottawa Chief. This man is well known throughout the northern part of Michigan and 

 Illinois, his people having formerly occupied 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 Tecuraseh 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 dispatch him, when an officer, wearing a chapeau 

 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 Missouri. 



41.— SAUSH-BUX-CUM, ov BEAVER DRAGGING A LIMB. (Painted 1843.) 

 A Chippewa Chief. This man is chief of a small band of Chippewas, residing in Poto- 

 watomie country ; these are more advanced in civilization than those living on the Northern 

 JLakes ; they are not unlike the Potowatomies in their manners and customs. 



42.— CAPT. KETCHUM. (Painted 1843.) 

 A Delaware Chief. 



43.— SECOND EVE. (Painted 1843.) 

 4- Delaware Chief. 



44.— RO-KA-NOO-WHA, the LONG TRAVELLER. (Painted 1843.) 

 Commonly called Jim Second Eye, Head War-Chief of the Delawares. 

 Some years since, a small band of Delawares. while on a hunting and trapping expedition 



