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1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America
1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief, from the octavo edition of McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America

1855 Original Hand colored lithograph of CHON-MON-I-CASE, (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half 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

CHON-MON-I-CASE , (CHONMONICASE ), An Otto Half Chief

Hand colored Lithograph, 1855.

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 by J.T. Bowen.

 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.

When this portrait was taken, Shaumonekusse was a young and gallant warrior; he has since become the head man of his tribe, and risen to great influence among his neighbors. The immediate cause of his rise from a half to a full chieftain, was the result of a quarrel that happened between one of his brothers and himself. In the fight produced by the quarrel, it was the lot of Shaumonekusse to have his nose bit off, whereupon he shot his brother. He immediately repaired to the council, and made known what had happened, when it was decreed that any man who would bite off his brother’s nose deserves to be shot; and in testimony of the respect entertained by the chiefs for the promptness of Shaumonekusse in punishing such an outrage, they elected him chief.