The following primary sources are a selection of images from the chapters in this theme.
Chapter 1: A Patriot Defamed: Captain Lewis, Shawnee Chief – R. David Edmunds, Watson Professor of American History, University of Texas at Dallas
Charles Bird King (1785-1862); Tens-Kwau-Ta-Waw, the Prophet [from “History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs”]; 1872-1874; Lithograph with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.6
Tenskwatawa, or the Shawnee Prophet: The younger brother of Tecumseh, Tenskwatawa opposed the Americans and threatened both Captain Lewis and Black Hoof. (Thomas Loraine McKenney; Tens-Kwau-Ta-Waw, the Prophet; 1872-1874; Lithography with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.6).
Charles Bird King (1785-1862); Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof, Principal Chief of the Shawanoes [from “History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs”]; 1872-1874; Lithograph with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.40
Black Hoof: A village chief from Wapakoneta, during the first quarter of the 19th century Black Hoof was the most prominent pro-American Shawnee chief in Ohio. He opposed Shawnee removal to the West. (Thomas Loraine McKenney; Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof, Principal Chief of the Shawanoes; 1872-1874; Lithograph with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.40).
Charles Bird King (1785-1862); Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, a Shawanoe Chief [from “History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs”]; 1872-1874; Lithograph with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.48
Quatawapea, or Captain Lewis: A staunch ally of the Americans during the War of 1812, Captain Lewis later championed Shawnee removal to lands in the West. (Thomas Loraine McKenney; Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, a Shawanoe Chief; 1872-1874; Lithograph with applied watercolor; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; 2004.19.48).
Chapter 8: Chiefs of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe – Chief Glenna Wallace
Young Tom Captain Taken in Kansas, later moved to Indian Territory, and fathered 11 children with Martha Gullitt, 1 with Oreillia Keno. Photo courtesy Larry Kropp.Tom Captain (c. 1853-1920) in later years in Oklahoma. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Back Left, Tom Captain; Back Right, Martha Gullitt Captain; Center, Babe (youngest child) and Thurman Captain (first grandchild) on Allotment in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, c. 1907. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Captain Children. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Chief Walter Lane BlueJacket, first Chief after the tribe’s first constitution was adopted in 1939, plowing corn with a cultivator, ca. 1939. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Ed Bluejacket and Walter Bluejacket performed in the Seneca Indian School Band during President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1901. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Jake Robbins and Henry Turkeyfoot, dressed in a manner the same as their surrounding community. Photo courtesy of the Wallace family.Interior of Captain’s Grocery Store, the hub of the Eastside Community. Left to right, TA Captain, Florence Captain, ca. 1947. Photo courtesy of Larry Kropp.
