Handwritten biography of Delaware Charley or Chal-La-Wese, First Councilor of the Delawares, 1850s

Item — Folder: 255A

Identifier: 4026.3528

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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

1850s

Language of Materials

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Materials in English

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