Waa-Pa-Laa or The Playing Fox : Prince of the Fox Tribe / Taken at Prarie du Chien by J.O. Lewis_1825.
Portrait of Waa-Pa-Laa (variantly spelled Wapello) bare-chested holding a Missouri war axe and wearing trade silver armbands, gold earrings, a peace medal that appears to bear the likeness of Andrew Jackson, a headdress made of dyed red feathers and red face paint covering his mouth.
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