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No-tin, a chief of the Ojibwa tribe, with facial tattoes and wearing a feather headdress. Coloured lithograph by Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment after C. B. King, 1842.

Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a medallion. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1833.

Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibwa chief, standing with arms crossed. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C.B. King, 1836.

Nesouaquoit (Bear in the Forks of a Tree), a chief of the Fox tribe, wearing a bearskin cloak. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after J. Newsam after C. B. King, 1837.

Me-na-wa, a Creek Indian. Coloured lithograph by J.T. Bowen after C.B. King, 1837.

Ma-hos-kah (White Cloud), a chief of the Iowa tribe, with facial tattooes and a bear's claw necklace. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1837.

Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837.

J-Aw-Beance (?), an Ojibwa chief, wearing a medallion. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C.B. King, 1836.

Eagle of Delight, a native American woman of the Oto (Otoe) tribe. Coloured lithograph by Childs & Inman after C. B. King, 1833.

Ma-hos-kah (White Cloud) the Younger, a chief of the Iowa tribe, leaning on a tomahawk. Coloured lithograph by J.T. Bowen after C. B. King, 1838.

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Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837.

Nesouaquoit (Bear in the Forks of a Tree), a chief of the Fox tribe, wearing a bearskin cloak. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after J. Newsam after C. B. King, 1837.

Ma-hos-kah (White Cloud) the Younger, a chief of the Iowa tribe, leaning on a tomahawk. Coloured lithograph by J.T. Bowen after C. B. King, 1838.

Ma-hos-kah (White Cloud), a chief of the Iowa tribe, with facial tattooes and a bear's claw necklace. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1837.

No-tin, a chief of the Ojibwa tribe, with facial tattoes and wearing a feather headdress. Coloured lithograph by Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment after C. B. King, 1842.