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the son of Kee-o-kuk, chief of the tribe — a small tribe residing in Iowa 

 and Illinois in 1834." 



This son, now known as Kev. Moses Keokuk (Baptist), also known 

 as Keokuk, jr., is now chief of the tribe located in Indian Territory, and 

 is about sixty-four years of age. He succeeded his father as chief in 

 1848. He resides at the Sac and Fox Agency, in Indian Territory, on 

 the Sac and Fox Reservation. He is a wealthy Indian, possessing large 

 herds of cattle. His people now number (in 1885) about 450, and re- 

 ceive an annual annuity of $25,231.50, or $56.70 per capita ; Keokuk, 

 as chief, receives annually $250 from the United States. He is a man 

 above 6 feet, speaks but little English, and is one of the handsomest 

 and, with the exception of Jack Dindoy, of the Shoshones, probably 

 the handsomest Indian chief in America. His photograph and that of 

 his son, Charles Keokuk, grandson of Keokuk, sr., are given in Hay- 

 den's Catalogue, page 17, Nos. 678, 681-2, 705, and Nos. 679 and 684. 

 They were taken at Washington in 1868. Keokuk, jr., is a frequent 

 visitor to Washington. 



In an interview in July, 1883, Keokuk, jr., at Keokuk, Iowa, gave the 

 following account of his family and himself: 



Where were you born ? 



At the village of the Sac and Fox tribe, at the mouth of Fox River, just below 

 Rock Island, in February, 1824. I am now fifty-nine years of age. 



When did you remove with your parents to your present home in Kansas? 



In 1845. 



When did your father die? 



In 184*, in April, on the south bank of the Marais des Cygnes, about 2 miles south 

 of the town of Pomona,, in Franklin County, Kansas. He was buried at the agency, 

 5 miles east of the place he died. A white marble slab marks his last resting 

 place. 



How many sons and daughters did he have ? 



There were five of us, two boys and three girls. My brother's Indian name was 

 Naw-wah-yah-ko-see-wah, meaning The Heart of a Tree. The names of the three 

 sisters were Waw-ko-see-qnaw, The Fox Woman; Naw-waw-ke-ke, I See Them, and 

 Au-paw-che-kaw-paw-quaw, meaning The Woman Who Will Stand Forever. 



How many were living when your father, Chief Keokuk, died ? 



All were living when he died. I am the only one living to-day. 



Is your tribe increasing or diminishing in numbers? 



Diminishing. When we left the Raccoon River to go to our present homo there 

 were over 2,000 in the tribe ; now there is not one-half that number. The tribe is 

 not decreasing so rapidly now as it was ten years ago. My people live in houses, and 

 cultivate the soil. 



7. Wah-pe-kee-suck, ( Wa-bo-ki-e-Shiek), White Cloud, called the Prophet ; one of 

 Black Hawk's principal warriors and advisers. 

 Was a prisoner of war with Black Hawk, and traveled with him through the Eastern 

 States. 



(Plate No. 285, page 211, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



In the cartoon collection of 1871 it is given, page 9, cartoon No. 14/, 

 Wape-kee-Suck (The White Cloud, called also the Prophet), one of 

 the warriors made prisoner with the Black Hawk. The chief and his 



