Catlin Depictions of Ioways who visited Europe 1844-45/46
Image in graphics version of site.
Above. 1844 engraving of the Ioways when they were in London with George Catlin. From Martha Royce Blaine's "The Ioway Indians". Reproduced from W. H. Miner: "The Iowa" (Cedar Rapids, The Torch Press, 1911), Courtesy of Kansas State Historical Society. Image in graphics version of site.
Above. George Catlin's sketch of the fourteen Ioway who went to Europe 1844-46. Reproduced from Martha Royce Blaine's "The Ioway Indians", for fair-use educational purposes only.
Following are Catlin's identifications:
Chiefs
1. Mew-hu-she-kaw, White Cloud, first chief of the nation
2. Neu-mon-ya, Walking Rain, third chief
3. Se-non-ty-yah, Blister Feet; great medicine man
Warriors and Braves
4. Wash-ka-mon-ya, Fast Dancer
5. No-ho-mun-ya, One who gives no attention;
6. Shon-ta-yi-ga, Little Wolf
7. Wa-tan-ye, One always foremost
8. Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na, Commanding General, the son of Walking Rain, ten years old
9. Jeffrey Doraway (Dorion, omitted)
Squaws
10. Ruton-ye-we-ma, Strutting Pigeon, White Cloud's Wife
11. Ruton-we-me, Pigeon on the Wing
12. Oke-we-me, Female Bear that walks on the back of another
13. Koon-za-ya-me, Female War Eagle Sailing
14. Ta-pa-ta-me, Sophia, wisdom, White Cloud's daughter
15. Corsair, a papoose.
Image in graphics version of site.
Above. George Catlin's "Iowa Indians Who Visited London and Paris"
1861/69
oil on card mounted on paperboard
18 1/2 x 27 15/16in.
Paul Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art
1965.16.111
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