Ma-Has-Ka or White Cloud. An Ioway Chief

by Thomas L. Mckenney, James Hall

$950 · 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. Ma-Has-Kah or White Cloud, 1784-1834 an Iowa chief, rose to prominence in his tribe through acts of revenge against the Dakota who had killed his father. Later, he settled down to a life of farming with his wives.

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