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Title: Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas.
Image ID: 807157
Image ID 807157
Creators: Lehman & Duval Lithrs., lithographer
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862, artist
Physical Description: 1 print : col. ; 37 x 30 cm. (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Portraits
Big Elk, D.1853
Indians Of North America -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Omaha Indians -- 1800-1899
Tribal Chiefs -- United States -- 1800-1899
Notes: Printed on border: "Lehman & Duval Lithrs. Phila." "Philadelphia Published by E.C. Biddle." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by E.C. Biddle in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the eastern district of Pa."
Alternate Title: Big Elk, chief of the Omahas.
Date Published: 1836-1844
Barcode Number: 33333159345525
Struc ID: 575337
Source: History of the Indian tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : with 120 portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Indians -- North America -- Plains -- 1800s   View All images from Folder

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