Wah-Bo-Jeeg

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Wah-bo-jeeg

Digital Image

Identifier: 1998-004-16.jpg

Dates: 1862

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Portrait of Wah-bo-jeeg, 1862

Item

Identifier: 1998.004.16

Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Wah-bo-jeeg (English name: White Fisher), pictured seate, wrapped in a blanket, and looking away from the camera. Wah-bo-jeeg was a Gull Lake Chippewa Chief; an old warrior once taken prisoner by the Sioux and spoke the language.