138 ' THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



Plate 18G, No. 241, is another Kickapoo of some distinction, and a disciple of tbe 

 Prophet, in the attitude of prayer also, which he is reading off from characters cut 



upon a stick that he holds in his hands. 



242. Ma-shee na, the Elk's Horns; a sub-chief, in the act of prayer, as above de- 



scribed. 



243. Ke-chfm-qua, the Big Bear ; wampum on his neck, and red flag in his hand, 



the symbol of war or "blood." 



244. A'h-tee-wat-o-mee, ; woman, with wampum and silver brooches 



in profusion on her nock. 



245. Shee-nah-wee, . 



All painted in 1831. (No plates.) 



ALGONKIN— KICKAPOOS. 

 MR. CATLIN'S NOTES ON THE KICKAPOO INDIANS. 



At present but a small tribe, numbering six or eight hundred, the remnant of a once 

 numerous and warlike tribe. They are residing within the State of Illinois, near the 

 south end of Lake Michigan, and living in a poor and miserable condition, although 

 they have one of tbe finest countries in the world. They have been reduced in num- 

 bers by whisky and small-pox, and the game being destroyed in their country, and 

 having little industry to work, they are exceedingly poor and dependent. In fact, 

 there is very little inducement for them to build houses and cultivate their farms, 

 for they own so large and so fine a tract of country, whicb is now completely sur- 

 rounded by civilized settlements, that they know, from experience, they will soon be 

 obliged to sell out their country for a trifle and move to the West. This system of 

 moving has already commenced with them, and a considerable party have located 

 ou a tract of land offered to them on the west bank of the Missouri River, a little 

 north of Fort Leavenworth.* 



The Kickajioos have long lived in alliance with the Sacs and Foxes, and speak a 

 language so similar that they seem almost to be of one family. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND NUMBERS. 



Kickapoos at Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha BeservatioD, iu Brown 

 County, Kansas, in 1884, 243 ; August 20, 1885, 235. Cattle and horse 

 raisers and farmers. 



Kickapoo, Mexican (mixed band, with Pottawatomie), at Sac and Fox 

 Agency, Jndian Territory, in 1884, 32G ; August, 1885, 34G. 



Agent J. A. Taylor writes of them August 11, 1884: 



MEXICAN KICKAPOOS. 



The Mexican Kickapoos now on their reservation number 326 souls, and are located 

 on a reservation set apart for them by executive order dated August 15, 1883, which 

 is bounded as follows: By the Deep Fork Canadian River on the north, the Sac and 

 Fox hinds on the east, the North Fork Cauadian River on the south, and by the Indian 

 meridian on the west, containing about 290 square miles. 



The Mexican Kickapoo tribe of Indians is composed of the Kickapoos and Potta- 

 watomies who left their reservation in Kansas during the late civil war and went to 

 Mexico, from which fact their name. Their experiences have been varied. They are 

 the most crafty Indians i:i this agency, and are very shrewd traders. 



* Since tho above wan written tbe wbole of tbis tribe bave been removed beyond tbe Missouri, hav- 

 ing sold out their lands in the State of Illinois to the Government.— G. C. 



