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TECUMSEH

• PAINTED WOODEN FIGUREHEAD-STYLE
  PAINTED WOODEN FIGUREHEAD-STYLE CARVING OF TECUMSEH20th CenturyBy the Artistic Carving Company. Well-detailed with gilt decoration. Height 19.''
• WAR OF 1812, HISTORIC CONTENT
  WAR OF 1812, HISTORIC CONTENT ALS, DETROITOutstanding content, written by Captain John Sharp, who effectively accuses his commander, Brigadier General William Hull, of treason in his surrendering of Detroit to the British General Brock and the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh. Sharp writes: "...great God! Can it be possible, that an American full of days and full of honor could basely sell our little army and that very important post for British gold?" Hull was tried and convicted for cowardice and neglect of duty for surrendering Detroit,and sentenced to be shot (a fate commuted by James Madison). But Capt. Sharp seems to have believed, and firmly, that Hull's motives were far more dishonorable and his actions deliberate. Read the text of the entire letter here (copy and paste linkinto browser): https://blackwellauctions.com/surrenderofdetroit Letter measures about 13" x 8", four pages. This document is one of several dozen important signed pieces in today's sale that were part of a large collection of American historical documents from 1650 through WWII. The estate collection, assembled from about 1920-1960, has never been offered for sale at auction. Stains and some chipping, see images. This item can be shipped in-house.
• McKenney & Hall/Publishers
  McKenney & Hall/Publishers "Ne-Sou-a-Quiot a Fox Chief" "Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea a Shawanoe Chief" "Payta-Kootha a Shawanoe Chief" "A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca a Chippeway Chief" and "Kish-Kal-Wa a Shawanoe Chief" five hand-colored lithographs from Indian Tribes of North America 1837-1844 sight 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. attractively matted and framed.
• John T. Bowen (American, 1801-1856)
  John T. Bowen (American, 1801-1856) "Wesh-Cubb, a Chippewa Chief" and "Ha-Ka, a Winnebago Chief", pair of colored lithographs, published by D. Rice and A. N. Hart, Philadelphia, sight 10-3/4" x 5". Handsomely presented in matching deep antiqued wooden frames with giltwood fillets.
• [Civil War] Major General William
  [Civil War] Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Before Atlanta Stereoview  A ca 1890s albumen print on a tan Photographic War History/The War For the Union imprinted mount with the recto title 3623. ''Old Tecumseh'' Himself. continued on verso General William T. Sherman was familiarly know[sic] as ''Old Tecumseh '' his full name being William Tecumseh Sherman. This Photograph of him was taken in the Union lines before Atlanta July 19 1864. His boys will be glad to see him as he looked during the war. Filling out the remainder of the verso side is a lengthy imprinted appeal to purchase other views of this series from The War Photograph & Exhibition Company of Hartford Conn. The Ed Burchard Stereoview Collection Condition: A very crisp image; near-excellent. The ink bleeding of the recto imprints looks to have occurred during the printing process.
• MCKENNEY & HALL, POCAHONTAS AND
  MCKENNEY & HALL, POCAHONTAS AND CHIPPEWA CHIEF Thomas McKenney (American, 1785-1859) and James Hall (American, 1793-1868) after Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862). "O - Hya - Wa - Mince - Kee, Chippewa Chief" -1844 and "Po - Ca - Hon - Tas" -1842 Hand colored engravings from "History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs" Approx. 19.75" x 13.75" (sheet, each)
• MCKENNEY AND HALL, CHIPPEWA CHIEF
  MCKENNEY AND HALL, CHIPPEWA CHIEF AND WARRIOR Two hand colored lithographs from "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by Thomas L. McKenney (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868) depicting No Tin, A Chippewa chief and Tal-Col-O-Quit, a warrior brave, Daniel Rice and James Clark, Philadephia, 1842 at J.T. Bowen factory, both matted in frame; each 26"H 20"W overall
• McKenney and Hall/Publishers
  McKenney and Hall/Publishers "Oche-Fineco" "Chou-Ca-Pe an Otto Second Chief" "Shou-Hou-Naop-Tinia an Ioway Chief" "Ki-On-Twog-Ky a Seneca Chief" "Tah-Ro-Hon an Ioway Warrior" "Ahyouwaighs Chief of the Six Nations" and "Kee-She-Waa a Fox Warrior" seven hand-colored lithographs from the octavo edition of Indian Tribes of North America 10 1/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. three framed.
• TROY DENTON, PORTRAIT OF CHIEF
  TROY DENTON, PORTRAIT OF CHIEF JOSEPH, FRAMED OIL Troy Denton (American b. 1949), portrait of Chief Joseph (Nez Perce 1848-1904), undated, oil on canvas, full length painting depicting the Native American In-me-tuja-latk, Echoing Thunder, leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain, in full dress placed in a mountainous landscape, signed lower right, framed. Approx. canvas h. 36", w. 24"; Overall h. 47", w. 35".
• MCKENNEY AND HALL, PETALESHAROO:
  MCKENNEY AND HALL, PETALESHAROO: A PAWNEE BRAVEMcKenney and Hall, Petalesharoo: A Paynee Brave, History of the Indian Tribes of North America After Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862) Printed by I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment Published by McKenney and Hall, F.W. Greenough hand colored lithograph Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm.) Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
• 3 PCS, MCKENNEY & HALL NATIVE
  3 PCS, MCKENNEY & HALL NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEFS Thomas McKenney (American, 1785-1859) and James Hall (American, 1793-1868) after Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862). "Ne O Mon Ne, Ioway Chief", "Julcee Mathla, Seminole Chief" and "Wa Em Boesh Kaa, Chippeway Chief" -1830s & 1840s,
• OOC - Circa 1900 Native American
  OOC - Circa 1900 Native American with Peace Pipe unsigned circa 1940s he is shown seated in grass looking down a row of teepees in background with other figures alongside distant mountains 36'' x 24'' some scuffs.
• 3 PCS, MCKENNEY & HALL NATIVE
  3 PCS, MCKENNEY & HALL NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEFS Thomas McKenney (American, 1785-1859) and James Hall (American, 1793-1868) after Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862). "Pes Ke Le Cha Co, Pawnee Chief", "Chittee Yoholo, Seminole Chief" and "Young Ma Has Kah, Ioway Chief" -1830s & 1840s,
• Sioux Uprising Stereoview of
  Sioux Uprising Stereoview of Ne-Bah-Quah-Om Stereoview by Charles A. Zimmerman imprinted with his St. Paul address and the title Ne-Bah-Quam-Om [Big Dog] A chippewa chief who offered himself and his band of Warriors to gov'mt to fight the Sioux in their raid in Minnesota in 1862. Big dog wears several coup feathers and a fine claw necklace and holds a catlinite pipe. Condition: Slightly faded image and soiled mount.
• Wm Henry Harrison silhouette on
  Wm Henry Harrison silhouette on fabric with crewel accents; the short-lived ninth President stands before an open window in a room typical of the 19th century. The figure is printed on silk with hand stitched embellishments, eglomise matte. Included is 19th century hand touched print depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe which launched Harrison's brief political career, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too". 9" x 6 1/2". Silhouette in good condition, foxing on print.
• EDWARD SEECHOMA, SOYOK
  EDWARD SEECHOMA, SOYOK WUHTIEdward Seechoma, (Hopi, 20th Century) Soyok Wuhti Katsina, carved cottonwood, natural pigments, feathers inscribed underside: SOYOK / WUHTI / SEECHOMA carved cottonwood, natural pigments, feathers Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (23.18 x 9.53 x 9.21 cm.) Provenance: The Georgia and Charles Loloma Collection
• MCKENNEY & HALL/ PUBLISHERSMcKenney
  MCKENNEY & HALL/ PUBLISHERSMcKenney & Hall/ Publishers , "Tuko-See-Mathla, A Seminole Chief", "Keokuk, Chief of the Sacs and Foxes", "War Dance" and "Hunting the Buffaloe", 4 hand-colored lithographs, former two after Charles Bird King (American/Rhode Island, 1785-1862), latter two after (Peter Rindisbacher (Swiss/American, 1806-1834), from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, sights 13 1/2 in. x 19 in. to 19 in. x 13 1/2 in., framed. (4 pcs.)
• Tim Tansel engraved powder horn
  Tim Tansel engraved powder horn (born 1810, Scott County Kentucky; died 1852, Hendricks County, Indiana), shaped as open-mouthed fish with serrated edge, engraved eagle with shield in breast, arrows in proper left talon, 16 stars around head, E Pluribus Unum, "Protection" in banner, woman in polka-dot dress with long-stemmed flowers, man on horseback, "Indemnity" in banner with man and whip holding ruins of saddles horse with two sprays of roses, early to mid-19th century, 9-18 in. excluding carrying ring.
• THOMAS MCKENNEY + JAMES HALL, GROUP
  THOMAS MCKENNEY + JAMES HALL, GROUP OF FIVE - FROM HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICAThomas McKenney + James Hall, (1785 - 1859)(1793 - 1868) Group of Five - From History of the Indian Tribes of North America, hand-colored lithograph Mon-Chonsia, A Kansas Chief Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philad. Pow-A-Sheek, A Fox Chief Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad. No-Way-Ke-Sug-Ga, Otoe Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philad. Ne-O-Mon-Ne, An Ioway Chief Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad. Wa-Baun-See, A Pottawatomie Chief Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad. hand-colored lithograph Dimensions: Each: 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (36.8 x 27 cm.), Frame: 23 x 19 x 1 in. (58.4 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm.) Provenance: Private Collection, Virginia
• An Important Miami Pipe With Ties
  An Important Miami Pipe With Ties to the 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem where silver tip affixed has been whittled to accommodate bowl; elbow-shape catlinite pipe with flared bowl is decorated with bands of concentric circles; the stem of bowl with a pierced crest and semicircular decorations. The interior of the bowl blackened from heavy use. The rim of the pipe on either side of the bowl flattened from repeated use.?Surrounding the opening of the pipe bowl where it joins with the stem is the inscription ?Nov. 20 1819?followed with the possible name Hery Dubois.length of bowl 6.25 in.; length of stem 21 in.; total length 26 in.late 18th to early 19th century?Collection HistoryThis pipe and stem were collected by Dr. Perry G. Moore (1845-1931) of Wabash Indiana. Family history indicates that Moore graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College and began his practice around Wabash in 1860. Wabash sat squarely in the ancestral lands of the Miami Indians and while most had been "removed" during the first half of the 19th century a number remained in their traditional homeland and gradually became acculturated. Throughout the last half of the 19th century Moore ministered to a number of these families and was keenly interested in their history. It was through his practice that he acquired this pipe as well as a more well-known artifact: the flag given to the Miami tribe by General Anthony ("Mad Anthony") Wayne at the Treaty of Greenville in 17951.In an affidavit written in 1923 Moore discusses how he first saw the flag in the summer of 1868 and how he later obtained it from descendants of the Miami chiefs She-Moc-E-Nish and Little Turtle. Moore and learned of its history from Kil-So-Quah (1820-1915) the last of the full-blooded Miami and the granddaughter chiefs She-Moc-E-Nish of Thorntown and Little Turtle both signers of the Greenville Treaty. According to the affidavit Kil-So-Quah told Moore Before the Treaty of Peace was held at Greenville Ohio in 1795 George Washington ordered Anthony Wayne to have the flag made and after the Treaty of Peace was signed to present it to the Chief of the Miami Nation (She-Moc-E-Nish - spelled Shamekunnesa on the Treaty) and say "keep this flag in sight and as often as you see it remember we are friends". The flag descended in the possession of Kil-So-Quah until it was loaned to a cousin from whom Moore obtained it sometime prior to 1887.Though not the pipe and stem offered here are not specifically mentioned in Moore's 1923 affidavit the document refers to seeing other items in the possession of Kil-So-Quah's cousin from whom he obtained the flag including clothing parchment manuscripts and silver medals from George Washington. And the last line records a tantalizing and frustrating clue about the present artifact: "The foregoing items (emphasis added) were all given to me by Kil-So-Quah herself." One of these "items" may have been the pipe discussed here.A later affidavit signed in 1991 by Moore's grandson Perry M. Cook provides further history about the pipe. Cook records his childhood memories of the pipe and how his grandfather Dr. Moore as well as his mother related that the pipe had been smoked at the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.The Pipe and Its Similarity to A Greenville Pipe TomahawkThe Moore pipe stem is finely crafted of highly figured maple decorated with thin pieces of silver cut into diamonds and bands and affixed using tiny silver pins. The style and decoration of the stem is similar to the handle of a pipe tomahawk curated by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and in fact both may have been made by the same hand. The DIA tomahawk was collected in the 1920s by Milford Chandler from Camellius Bundy a Miami Indian living near Peru Indiana. Bundy was a direct descendant of the Miami Chief She-Buk-O-Nah who was present at the Treaty of Greenville. Bundy related to Chandler that family tradition held that the tomahawk was presented by Anthony Wayne.2Both the stem and bowl of the present lot clearly date to the late 18th century. The bowl however is mismatched with the stem; it is too large and heavy to have been the pipe originally associated with the bowl though the stem has been modified to fit. While manufactured in the late 18th or early 19th centuries the stem of the pipe bears the inscription Nov. 20 1819. This date 24 years after the signing of Greenville may point to another important event: the creation of the Big Miami Reserve.?Treaty of Greenville and the Big Miami ReserveThe Treaty of Greenville was concluded after several failed attempts by the United States Government to wrest control of the Ohio Country from the Native populations of Miami Shawnee and smaller groups. For a sum of $20 000 and other gifts the Indians ceded a vast tract to the control of the Federal government that included much of Indiana Ohio and Illinois. The treaty largely put an end to the war in the Northwest Territory added Ohio to the Union and created a clear boundary which separated Indian lands from lands available to white settlers.Like all such treaties that established boundaries between Indian and non-Indian land it was constantly broken by encroaching whites. On October 6 1818 the Treaty of Saint Mary's was signed ceding more land from the Miami Nation to the United States starting at the Wabash River and extending west through central Indiana. Subsequently the removal of the Miami necessitated a survey to establish the Big Miami Reserve a new area for the Miami nation. This area was located south of the Wabash River.In 1819 surveyors Joseph S. Allen and Henry P. Benton were charged with the responsibility of marking the borders of the Big Miami Reserve located primarily in present day Indiana counties Howard Tipton Miami and Cass. After an arduous trip they along with their Indian guides reached the northern corner of the reserve where they began marking the land. Allen in ill-humor noted several times that the "Indians held council" over the month of November where My provisions were much wasted here as we had to accompany their chiefs to the town where the Indians made free with my bread. On the seventh they added another chief to my party which I had to support with bread and meat.3 It appears the surveyors continued marking the perimeter throughout November until The Indians told me in an imperious manner that I was going wrong and said that I should go no further that way saying I was going to their town. 4While Allen and Benton were in frequent contact - and in the company of - Miami Indians during the entire month of November 1819 their field reports record nothing occurring on the 20th the date inscribed on the present pipe.?Who Was Henry Dubois?As noted in the description of the pipe the possible name Henry Dubois is engraved around the opening of where the stem is inserted. The Dubois name is well known in Indiana history. The Frenchman Toussaint Dubois (1750-1816 was born in Montreal and fought with Lafayette in the American Revolution. At war's end he emigrated to Vincennes in the Northwest Territory married in 1788 and became a fur trader. In 1811 he served as Captain of Spies and at the Battle of Tippecanoe and later during the War of 1812 served with the Kentucky Militia as a major. Toussaint drowned in 1816 crossing the Little Wabash River in Illinois. Married twice Toussaint had seven children with his first wife one of whose name was Henry born in 1792. Like his father Henry is also served in the Indiana Militia and is listed as having been present at Tippecanoe in 1811 as part of Captain Benjamin Park's Company of Light Dragoons.Less is known of Henry's history and he is listed in the 1820 United States census as residing in Lawrenceville Illinois across the river from Vincennes Indiana.Given this history it is possible that the pipe might have been collected by Henry Dubois during the sacking of the village of Prophetstown at the conclusion of the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Alternatively the pipe may have been collected by his father Toussaint and then passed down to his son. Neither scenario explains how the pipe was collected by Moore or how it ended up in north-central Indiana. Its striking similarity to a pipe tomahawk supposedly used at Greenville may also indicate that the Moore family history may have some credence. Unfortunately the complete history of this remarkable pipe and stem have been lost in the aftermath of the tumultuous frontier years of the Northwest Territory.??1The Anthony Wayne Flag is currently curated at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis Indiana and is property of the State of Indiana.2 Pohrt Richard. 1989. "Pipe Tomahawks from Michigan and the Great Lakes Area". In David W. Penny (Ed.) Great Lakes Indian Art (95-103). Detroit MI: Wayne State University Press and the Detroit Institute of Arts.3Wilson Grorge R. "Early Indiana Trails and Surveys". In Indiana Historical Publications (p433). Vol. 6 1919 .4Leiter Carl Richard. "The Big Miami Reserve. 1818-1840". M.A. Thesis Ball State University 1954 (pg. 28-29) Descended through the Moore Family of Indiana Condition: Pipe stem missing a few pieces of silver inlay; pipe stem has been broken and repaired.
• NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY -
  NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Innovative Form Tall Neck Jar with Polychrome Decoration by Nampeyo (1860-1942) Tewa-Hopi artist who revived the Sikyati First Mesa style of decoration evident here unsigned but with card from Andrea Fisher Santa Fe Gallery
• NATIVE AMERICAN, UPPER GREAT
  NATIVE AMERICAN, UPPER GREAT LAKES PIPE & TOMAHAWK Literature Reference: Tomahawks, Pipe Axes of the American Frontier By John Baldwin, pictured page 123, reference #338.
• JOSEPH M. LORKOWSKI BOULTON
  JOSEPH M. LORKOWSKI BOULTON INDIAN BUST SCULPTURE (American 1896-1981); a resin sculpture depicting Quanah Parker-Comanche Chief with peace pipe and eagle feather incised Boulton; raised on black plinth. Height: 11.75 inches. The sculpture is made of resin and is in good condition with a few very small chips. The plinth has a few small chips.
• Print of General William Tecumseh
  Print of General William Tecumseh Sherman, published by William Smith engraved by L. N. Rosenthal. 19th century. 23" x 18". Foxing water marks and some small tears.
• MCKENNEY AND HALL (19TH CENTURY),
  MCKENNEY AND HALL (19TH CENTURY), J-AW-BEANCE, A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF / MON-KA-USH-KA, A SIOUX CHIEF / PETALESHAROO, A PAWNEE BRAVE (THREE WORKS) Hand-colored lithographs, 19th century, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas McKenney, presented in uniform framing.
• * (AMERICANA NATIVE AMERICANA) A
  * (AMERICANA NATIVE AMERICANA) A group of five titles in six volumes. The Myth of Hiawatha and Other Oral Legends. By Henry R. Schoolcraft. Philadelphia: J. Lippincott 1856. 8vo blind-stamped brown cloth title in gilt to spine. London: Trubner 1856. 8vo publisher's brown cloth. First edition. Information Respecting the History and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. By Henry Schoolcraft. Part V. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1855). 4to publisher's red cloth. Ex-library copy. The Seminoles of Florida. By Minnie Moore Wilson. Philadelphia: American Printing House 1896. Thin 8vo publisher's grey cloth. First edition. Twasinta's Seminoles; or Rape of Florida. By Albert A. Whitman. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones 1885. Thin 8vo publisher's brown cloth. Revised edition. Sweet Medicine. By Peter J. Powell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1969. 2 vols. 8vo publisher's black cloth slipcase. First edition.
• THOMAS MCKENNEY AND JAMES HALL.
  THOMAS MCKENNEY AND JAMES HALL. PEE-CHE KIR A CHIPPEWA CHIEF. Hand-colored lithograph. Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark Philadelphia. From ''History of the Indian Tribes of North America.'' Unframed - 21 in. x 14 1/2 in. sheet size.
• (NATIVE AMERICAN) MCKENNEY AND HALL
  (NATIVE AMERICAN) MCKENNEY AND HALL A group of two hand-colored lithographs comprising Chittee Yoholo A Seminole Chief (F.W. Greenough 1836) and Chippeway Squaw & Child (no imprint). Framed and matted.
• Quincy Tahoma (Diné, 1920-1956)
  Quincy Tahoma (Diné, 1920-1956) untitled, buffalo hunt, 1950 gouache on paper signed and dated lower right (sight) 16 x 56-1/2 inches; (framed) 23 x 63-1/2 inches Handwritten note on verso: This painting was done for Colonel Bernstead, owner of Tal'-Wi-Wi Ranch, Lichfield Park, AZ, in 1950, when the artist was employed there.
• EDWARD SEECHOMA, SOOTANTAQA
  EDWARD SEECHOMA, SOOTANTAQA KATSINAEdward Seechoma, (Hopi, 20th Century) Sootantaqa Katsina, carved cottonwood, natural pigments, feathers inscribed underside: Ed Seechoma carved cottonwood, natural pigments, feathers Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 9 x 4 1/4 in. (34.93 x 22.86 x 10.80 cm.) Provenance: The Georgia and Charles Loloma Collection
• Profile portrait of Native American
  Profile portrait of Native American elder/chief in full eagle feather headdress and buckskin tunic attire, watercolor; 12 1/2" x 9 1/2"; signed and dated 1916 lower right.
• MCKENNEY AND HALL, WA NA TA:
  MCKENNEY AND HALL, WA NA TA: GRAND CHIEF OF THE SIOUXMcKenney and Hall, Wa Na Ta: Grand Chief of the Sioux, History of the Indian Tribes of North America After Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862) Printed by I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment Published by McKenney and Hall, F.W. Greenough hand colored lithograph Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm.) Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
• NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Squatty
  NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY - Squatty Narrow Mouth Pot with Polychrome Decoration by Hisi Quotskuyva Nampeyo (Polocca AZ 1964 - ) Tewa-Hopi artist great-grand daughter of the famed Nampeyo grand-daughter of Rachel Namingha Nampeyo of the clan that reviv
• PAINTING, WILLIAM ROSS SHATTUCK
  PAINTING, WILLIAM ROSS SHATTUCK William Ross Shattuck (American, 1895-1962), "Johnnie Tecumseh," oil on board, signed lower left, board: 18.25"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 22.75"h x 28.5"w
• NATIVE AMERICAN PEACE PIPE - Late
  NATIVE AMERICAN PEACE PIPE - Late 19th c Sioux Calumet taken at Fort Abercrombie Dakota Territory (according to label) two-color catlinite bowl with lead inlay of four winds on sides of round flat sided bowl playing card 'clubs' at stem red and green
• A Navajo Weaving Teec Nos Pos
  A Navajo Weaving Teec Nos Pos weaver Hilda Begay.