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Go-to-ków-páh-ah, Stands by Himself, a Distinguished Brave
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Go-to-ków-páh-ah, Stands by Himself, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1830 · oil on canvas

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George Catlin described the subject as having an “intelligent European head,” and holding a hatchet in his hand. He probably painted this image at Fort Leavenworth (in today’s Kansas) in 1830. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 47, 1841, reprint 1973, and 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)

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Credit lineGo-to-ków-páh-ah, Stands by Himself, a Distinguished Brave. 1830. 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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