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U'sh-ee-kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the Tribe
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George Catlin described U’sh-ee-kitz as a “very polite and polished Indian, in his manners, and remarkable for his mode of embracing the officers and others in council.” The artist painted this portrait at a Comanche village in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 43, 1841; reprint 1973)
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Credit lineU'sh-ee-kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the Tribe. 1834. 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.
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