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Native American Sauk and Meskwaki Indians, 1833

Massika, a Sauk Indian, left, and Wakusasse, right, of the Meskwaki. Made at St. Louis, Missouri in March or April 1833 when Massika pleaded for the release of war chief, Blackhawk, following the Black Hawk War. The Sauk are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group, who lived primarily in the region of what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, when first encountered by the French in 1667. The Meskwaki (sometimes spelled Mesquakie) are a Native American people often known as the Fox tribe. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Meskwaki language, the Meskwaki call themselves Meshkwahkihaki, which means, the Red-Earths, related to their creation story. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809, October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter.

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Title: Native American Sauk and Meskwaki Indians, 1833

Caption: Massika, a Sauk Indian, left, and Wakusasse, right, of the Meskwaki. Made at St. Louis, Missouri in March or April 1833 when Massika pleaded for the release of war chief, Blackhawk, following the Black Hawk War. The Sauk are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group, who lived primarily in the region of what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, when first encountered by the French in 1667. The Meskwaki (sometimes spelled Mesquakie) are a Native American people often known as the Fox tribe. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Meskwaki language, the Meskwaki call themselves Meshkwahkihaki, which means, the Red-Earths, related to their creation story. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809, October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter.

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Print size: 38.1 × 28.4 cm | 1771.7 × 1320.9 in (300 dpi)

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