Chief of the Blood Indians. War-Chief of the Piekann Indains. Koutani Indian

by Karl Bodmer

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine half-length triple portrait by Bodmer of two Blackfoot chiefs and a Kutenai Kootenay or Kootenai leader who lived amongst the Blackfoot. The figure to the left is Stomíck-Sosáck `Bull's Hide' or `Bull's Back Fat' , an important Blood Blackfoot chief, who was probably about 50 at the time this portrait was done at Fort McKenzie in September 1833. The middle figure Nínoch-Kiäiu `Chief of the Bears' , was a Piegan Blackfoot chief. He was an arrogant, aggressive

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