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1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America.

Le-Soldat-Du-Chene (le soldat du chene), an osage chief
Hand colored Lithograph, 1848 to 1850.
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 & Hart in Philadelphia and printed and hand colored by J.T. Bowen between 1848 and 1850.

 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.  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.

The name of this chief, as pronounced in the tongue of his own people, has not reached us; we know it only in the French translation, which introduces him to us as “The Soldier of the Oak.” The name refers, we understand, to a desperate fight, in which, having sheltered himself behind a large oak, he successfully defended himself against several enemies. His portrait was taken in Philadelphia, in 1805 or 1806, while he was on a visit to the President of the United States, under charge of Colonel Choteau, of St. Louis, and was presented to the American Philosophical Society, in whose valuable collection we found it.