Amazing Portrait Photos of the Indian Tribes of North America in the 1840s

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History of the Indian Tribes of North America is held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library.

Indian Tribes of North America in the 1840s

History of the Indian Tribes of North America is a multi volume set by Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868), detailing the history of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs.

The set is embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits taken sometime 1842, from the Indian gallery in the Department of War, at Washington, D.C.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America is part of the North America: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints collection, part of Southern Methodist University’s Central University Libraries (CUL) Digital Collections.

Ap-Pa-Noo-Se, Saukie Chief

A-Chippeway-Widow

A-Mis-Quam, A Winnebago Brave

A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca, A Chippeway Chief

Ahyouwaighs, Chief of the Six Nations

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