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1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)
1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)

1848 Original Hand colored lithograph of OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF, plate 20, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. (OKEEMAKEEQUID)

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

OKEE-MAKEE-QUID, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF. (OKEEMAKEEQUID).

Hand-Colored Octavo Lithograph after Charles Bird King, Plate No 20.

 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 20.

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.

The dress in which Okeemakeequid appears is not a Chippewa, but a Sioux dress. The Indians would often jibe him about the circumstances under which he got it. At the treaty of Prairie du Chien, in 1825, peace was concluded, which terminated a war of nearly two hundred years’ duration, between the Sioux and Chippewas. In memorial of this occurrence a Sioux warrior proposed to exchange dresses with Okeemakeequid. The latter acceded to the proposition. After the exchange had been made, the Sioux, looking Okeemakeequid archly in the face, and pointing to the head-dress, said, “Brother, when you put that dress on, feel up there there are five feathers; I have put one in for each scalp I took from your people remember that!”