Kee-O-Kuck or The Watching Fox : The present Chief of the Sauk tribe and Successor to Black Hawk / Painted by J.O. Lewis at the great treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825.

Kee-O-Kuck or The Watching Fox : The present Chief of the Sauk tribe and Successor to Black Hawk / Painted by J.O. Lewis at the great treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825.

Description:

Full-length portrait of Kee-O-Kuck (variant spelling Keokuk) bare-chested holding a large spear and wearing a ceremonial dance bustle, trade silver armbands, a peace medal that appears to bear the likeness of Andrew Jackson, a headdress made of dyed red feathers, red face paint around his eyes, and white body paint in the form of stripes, bands and handprints.

Date Issued: [between 1835 and 1836]
Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Rights:

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Language: UND
Type: still image