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Wi-lóoh-tah-eeh-tcháh-ta-máh-nee, Red Thing That Touches in Marching, Daughter of Black Rock
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832
“She is an unmarried girl, and much esteemed by the whole tribe [Western Sioux/Lakota], for her modesty, as well as beauty. She was beautifully dressed in skins, ornamented profusely with brass buttons and beads. Her hair was plaited, her ears supported a great profusion of curious beads---and over her other dress she wore a handsomely garnished buffalo robe.” Geore Catlin painted this portrait at Fort Pierre in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 27, 1841; reprint 1973)
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