30 THE GEOEGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



anxious to put this young man up, and I think it more than likely that Keokuk as 

 chief may fall ere long by his hand, or by some of the tribe who are anxious to rein- 

 state the family of Black Hawk. — G. C, page 211, vol. 2, Ca,tlin'8 Eight Years. 



Na-se-us-kuk (Whirling Thunder) is a fine young chief. * * After the defeat of 

 his tribe iia 1832, he was with his father taken prisoner, and paraded through the At- 

 lantic cities. He was present one evening at a party when a young lady sang a ballad 

 with much taste and pathos. Na-se-us-kuk, who was standing at a distance, listened 

 with profound attention, and at the close of the song he took an eagle's feather from 

 his head dress, and giving it to a bystander, said : " Take that to your mocking-bird 

 squaw." — Hon. C. Augustus Murray, 1837. 



Keokuk, however, remained chief until his death, in April, 1848, and 

 his son, Keokuk, jr., No. 6, succeeded him, and is cow, in 1885, chief 

 of the Sac and Fox in Indian Territory. 



4. Wa-s^-w-me-saw, the Soaring Thunder ; youngest son of Black Hawk. Painted 



while a prisoner of war in 1832. 



(Plate No. 281, page 210, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 

 After his return from the East in the fall of 1837, Black Hawk and his family spent 

 the winter in Lee County, residing on a small stream known as Devil Creek. His 

 family then consisted of his wife, two sons — Nes-se-us-kuk (No. 3 above) and Na-som- 

 see [No. 4 above]. — Eed Men of Iowa, p.age 222. 



These two sons, after Black Hawk's death, probably removed with 

 the Sac and Fox westward, to Kansas. 



5. ( ), wife of Kee-o-kuk (No. 1); in a dress of civilized manufacture, orna- 



mented with silver brooches. Painted in 1834. 



(Plate No. 281, page 200, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 

 This woman is the eldest of seven wives whom I saw in his lodge, and, being the 

 mother of his favorite son, the most valued one. To her alone would he allow the dis- 

 tinguished honor of being painted and hung up with the chiefs. 



6. Me-sou-^wahk, the Deer's Hair; the favorite son of Kee-o-kuk, and by him desig- 



nated to be his successor. Painted in 1834. 



(Plate No. 282, page 210, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



Plate 281 is a portrait of the wife of Kee-o-kuk, and plate 282 of his favorite sou, 

 whom he intends to be his successor. These portraits are both painted, also, in the 

 costumes precisely in which they were dressed. This woman was the favorite one 

 (I think) of seven whom he had living (apparently quite comfortably and peaceably), 

 in his wigwam, where General Street and I visited him in his village on the Des 

 Moines River. And although she was the oldest of the "lot" she seemed to be the 

 favorite one on this occasion — the only one that conld be painted — on ac«ount, I 

 believe, of her being the mother of his favorite son. Her dress, which was of civil- 

 ized stufis, was fashioned and ornamented by herself, and was truly a most splendid 

 affair, the upper part of it being almost literally covered with silver brooches. — G. 

 C, page 210, vol. 2, Catlin's Ei^it Years. 



The wife's (No. 5) name is given in the cartoon catalogue, page 9, car- 

 toon No. 15 A, as " Nah-wee-re-coo ( ), a Saukie (Sac) woman, the 



wife of Kee-o-kuk; her dress of civilized manufacture, ornamented with 

 ribbons and brass buttons." 



The son (No. 6) is given in the cartoon collection, page 9 ; cartoon No. 

 13 0, "Me-sou-wahk (the Deer's Hair) ; a young boy twelve years old, 



