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Aúh-ka-nah-paw-wáh, Earth Standing, an Old and Valiant Warrior
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<p align="left">“The Menomonies. Like the Winnebagoes, are the remnant of a much more numerous and independent tribe, but have been reduced and enervated by the use of whiskey and the ravages of the small-pox, and number at this time, something like three thousand, living chiefly on the banks of Fox River, and the Western shore of Green Bay. They visit Prairie du Chien, where their annuities are paid them; and they indulge in the <i>bane </i> [of alcohol].” George Catlin probably painted this work in Washington in1831. (Catlin, <i>Letters and Notes </i>, vol. 2, no. 52, 1841; reprint 1973)
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Credit lineAúh-ka-nah-paw-wáh, Earth Standing, an Old and Valiant Warrior. 1831. George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.. CC0.
