Handwritten biography of Delaware Charley or Chal-La-Wese, First Councilor of the Delawares, 1850s
Item — Folder: 255A
Identifier: 4026.3528
Description
Biography reads: "Born 1818, Served as a guide and hunter for Col Fremont in 1846, been in several engagements with the mountain Indians and in one against the Sioux and Shians and one against the Pawnees, Isha'-la-wis". Folder 255A
Dates
- Creation: 1850s
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 1485 item(s)
Medium
pencil on paper
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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