Original 1854 McKenney & Hall Hand-Colored Octavo, A Sioux Indian Chief

Original 1854 McKenney & Hall Hand-Colored Octavo, A Sioux Indian Chief (image 1/2)
Original 1854 McKenney & Hall Hand-Colored Octavo, A Sioux Indian Chief (image 2/2)
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An original hand colored stone lithograph from an incomplete volume of McKenney & Hall's 1854 three volume octavo edition of "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". The images were lithographed and hand colored by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. This early (second) edition had finer hand coloring than the five later editions. The original oil paintings of which these images are copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire. The print measures 10 1/4" x 6 1/4", and is in good condition, with bright original hand coloring and gum arabic highlights. It comes with its original tissue guard and several pages of text giving the biography of the Native American pictured. The narrow pale stripe in the picture along the right edge of the sheet in the picture is the folded back, attached original tissue guard. The print's edges are entire, without chips tears. The print is titled: "LITTLE CROW / A SIOUX CHIEF". After the War of 1812 ended, a British commander invited the Sioux for a council. He thanked the Indians for fighting with the British against the United States, and pointed to some clothing and cheap trinkets piled on the floor and said these were gifts from the king. Little Crow contemptuously kicked the pile and trinkets scattered over the floor. "Now after we have fought for you, endured many hardships, lost some read more
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