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Wáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child
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“She [Clermont's wife] was richly dressed in costly cloths of civilized manufacture, which is almost a solitary instance among the Osages, who so studiously reject every luxury and every custom of civilized people.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 38, 1841; reprint 1973)
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Credit lineWáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child. 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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