Print reproduces the George Catlin painting of 1845 in a mirror image, left to right; shows a group of fourteen in full-length portraits; twelve Iowa Indians in native dress; three chiefs (Mew-Hu-She-Kaw, New-Mon-Ya, Se-Non-Ty-Yah); three warriors (Wash-ka-mon-ya, No-ho-mun-ya, and Wa-tan-ye); four women (Ruton-ye-we-ma, Ruton-we-me, Oke-we-me, and Koon-za-ya-me); and two children (Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na and Ta-pa-ta-me) with, in western dress, the formerly enslaved African-American diplomat, linguist, and interpreter, Jeffrey Deroine, and the circus promoter, George H.C. Melody
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Related to a companion print issued in Boston by J.H. Bufford with title in English: G.H.C. Melody, and the Ioway Indians: As they were presented to His Majesty Louis Philippe 1st, April 21st 1845; in this related print, the individuals portrayed are identified in a printed caption at bottom.
Publisher:
Imp. Bertauts
Subject (Name):
Deroine, Jeffrey, 1806-1859, Mew-hu-she-kaw, New-Mon-Ya, Se-Non-Ty-Yah, Ta-pa-ta-me, Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na, Wash-ka-mon-ya, No-ho-mun-ya, Wa-tan-ye, and Melody, George H. C., 1793-1860
