Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea or Col. Lewis. A Shawnee Chief

by Thomas L. Mckenney, James Hall

$400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important works ever published on the American Indians' Field ,` a landmark in American culture' Horan and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. A courageous Shawnee chief, Quatawapea, also known as Colonel John Lewis, was rumored to have been elected leader because the Shawnee interpreted President Jefferson's act of honoring him with a medal during a visit to

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