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1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA

Mar-ko-me-te (Markomete), a Memonite brave
Hand colored Lithograph, 1848.
Paper size 10 1/4 x 6 5/8" (26.2 x 16.6 cm).
Great condition and color.

Some text from the antique book included.

This original, hand-colored lithograph comes from the first octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America, hand colored, printed and published by J.T. Bowen, 1848, in Philadelphia.

 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.

A small though very interesting tribe, the Menominie, or Folles Avoines, inhabit the country between the lakes and the Mississippi river, their principal residence being west of Lake Michigan, whence they stray into the country of the Winnebago, who are their friends. Their language is peculiar and difficult to be learned by white men. Charlevoix says they were not numerous in his time, and they are now reduced to a few thousand souls. The early writers all speak of them in favorable terms, not only as ” very fine men, the best shaped of all Canada,” but as possessing an agreeable personal appearance, indicative of more neatness, and of a greater taste for ornament than that of any other of our north-western Indians. But they are now greatly degenerated, as we have remarked in our historical introduction, in consequence of their intercourse with the whites, and their fatal propensity for ardent spirits.