THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 141 



Of this tribe I painted the portrait of Pah-me-cow-e-tah (the Man who Tracks), and 

 Kee-mo-ra-ni-a (No English). These are said to be the most influential men in the 

 tribe, aud both are very cii'iously and well dressed in articles of civilized manufact- 

 ure.— G. C. 



ALGONKIN— PE-O-RI-AS. 



The name of another tribe, inhabiting a part of the State of Illiuois, and, like the 

 above tribes, viz, Miamis, Piankeshaws, and Weas, but a remnant and civilized (or 

 cicatrized to speak more correctly). This tribe number about two hundred, and are, 

 like most of the other remnants of tribes ou the frontiers, under contract to move to 

 the west of the Missouri. — G. C. 



Mr. Catlin saw them with the Piankeshaw aud other tribes in 1832-'33. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND NUMBERS. 



Peorias, with confederated Piankeshaws, Weas, Miamis, and Kas- 

 kaskias, at Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory; in all (1885), about 206. 

 Civilized. 



(See Kaskaskia, page 139, herein.) 



Tribe extinct. No Peoria of pure blood (probably) now living. 



PI-AN-KE-SHAW. 



[Piankeshaws; Laws of the United States. Piankasha: Indian Bureau, 1885.] 

 A frontier tribe, reduced, as above; present number 170. 



Mr. Catlin was with the Piankeshaws in 1832-'33. 



254. Ni-a-co-mo, to Fix with the Foot; a brave. Painted in 1832-33. 



(Plate No. 196, page 101, vol.2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



255. Men-s6n-se-ah, the Left Hand ; a fierce-looking warrior, with a stone hatchet 



in his hand. Painted in 1832-'33. 



(Plate No. 195, page 101, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 

 Ni-a-co-mo, a brave of distinction, and Men-son-se-ah, a fierce-looking and very dis- 

 tinguished warrior, with a stone hatchet in his hand, are fair specimens of this reduced 

 and enfeebled tribe, which do not number more than 170 persons at this time. — G. C. 



ALGONKIN. 



MR. CATLIN'S NOTES ON THE PIANKESHAW INDIANS. 



The remnant of another tribe, of the States of Illinois and Indiana, who have also 

 recently sold out their country to the Government, and are under contract to move 

 to the west of the Missouri, in the vicinity of Fort Leavenworth. — G. C. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND CONDITION. 



Pi-an-ke-shaws, with confederated Weas, Peorias, and Kaskaskias, 

 at Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory; in all (1885), about 206. Civi- 

 lized. 



Tribe extinct. No Piankeshaw of pure blood (probably) now living. 



For interesting notes on the Kaskaskias, Weas, Peorias, and Pianke- 

 shaws, see "Aboriginees of Ohio Valley," by William Henry Harrison, 

 in Fergus' Historical Series, .No. 26, and the " Illinois and Indiana 

 Indians." No. 27 of the same series. 



