Identifier: indianbiography00that (find matches)
Title: Indian Biography
Year: 1800 (1800s)
Authors: Thatcher, B.B. (Benjamin Bussy), 1809-1840
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Philadelphia : Bowen
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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correcting the omission. But he said,No! Last evening I saw the sun set for the last time, and itslight shine upon the tree tops, and the land, and the water, that Iam never to look upon again. No other evening will come, bringingto Menawas eyes the rays of the setting sun upon the home hehas left for everT The portrait of this distinguished chief, in the gallery of the WarDepartment, which we copy, was taken in 1826, when he was sup-posed to be about sixty years of age. It is one of the most spiritedof the works of that gifted artist, King, and has been often recog-nized by Menawas countrymen, who, on seeing it, have exclaimed,Menawa! and then, fired by the remembrance of the deeds whichgained him the name of the Great Warrior, they have gone on torecount them. If this extraordinary person be yet living, he is farfrom his native land and all the scenes of a long and most eventfulcareer, and is forming new associations at a period of life beyondthe three score and ten allotted to man.
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A SAUKIE BliAVE ZuA.f Col^ dclhillcshed ly I TBoweTi^, PhUa^ * KAIPOLEaUA This distinguished warrior is the chief of a division of theSaukie nation, which forms part of a singular institution, that, sofar as we know, is pecuUar to that people. The warriors of the Saukie nation are divided into two bands, orparties, one of which is called Kishkoquis, or the Long Hairs, andthe other Oshcush, or the brave; the former being considered assomething more than merely brave. In 1819 each party numberedabout four hundred warriors; in 1826 they numbered about fivehundred each, but have not increased since that time. The Kish-koquis, or Long Hairs, are commanded by the hereditary war chiefKeokuk, whose standard is red; the head man of the Oshcushies isKaipolequa, the subject of this sketch, whose standard is blue. TheLong Hairs take precedence in point of rank. The formation ofthese parties is a matter of national concern, and is effected by asimple arrangement. The first male child who is born t

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