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Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish
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Identifier: 1998-004-12.jpg
Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish, 1862
Item
Identifier: 1998.004.12
Scope and Contents
Studio portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish (English name: Bad Boy); Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. Pictured seated, hair in 2 braids and a blanket draped over one shoulder. Who, to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley.
Dates:
1862