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1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), plate 71, A DELAWARE CHIEF, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney & Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America,

LAP-PA-WIN-SOE (LAPPAWINSOE), A DELAWARE CHIEF

Hand-Colored Octavo Lithograph after Charles Bird King, Plate No 71.

 Publ. Rice, Rutter & C. 1848-50

Paper size 10 1/4 x 6 5/8" (26.2 x 16.6 cm). Great condition and color.

This original, hand-colored lithograph comes from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published by Rice, Rutter & Co and the plate number of this lithograph is No 71.

An admirer and supporter of the American Indians, Thomas McKenney spent his tenure in office fighting for their cause and preserving their legacy through a gallery of paintings that were commissioned by various artists. Unfortunately, the original paintings burned in a fire, and all that is left to remember these Indians are the lithographs found in History which were modeled off the paintings.

This print is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America.  It is authentic. Due to its age, it may have slight imperfections such as foxing so, please, examine the octavo carefully to be satisfied, as photos tell better than words.

Lappawinsoe or “Gathering Fruit”, a Delaware Chief

The fame of Lappawinsoe, whatever it was, has not been transmitted to us. James Logan speaks of him as an honest old Indian; and his name, “he is gone away gathering corn, nuts, or anything eatable,” according to Heckewelder’s translation, implies the character of an honest old hunter. He was a chief, and is ranked, by the last named writer, among those of the Forks of the Delaware. The act by which Lappawinsoe is chiefly known, is signing, at Philadelphia, the celebrated Treaty of 1737, commonly called The Walking Purchase. The character and effect of this negotiation are adverted to in another article.