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Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe
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George Catlin described this man as a “famous and excellent chief” of the Choctaw, and painted his portrait at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 49, 1841; reprint 1973)
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Credit lineMó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, 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.
