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McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 Naw-Kaw A Winnebago Chief

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05120.02 Author/Creator: McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Print Date: circa 1840 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. Height: 50.1 cm, Width: 34.1 cm Order a Copy

Color lithograph of Naw-Kaw, a Winnebago Chief. He is holding a pipe and is wearing several medals around his neck.

Hall, James, 1793-1868
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859
Nawkaw, 1735-1833

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