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Tchán-dee, Tobacco, an Oglala Chief
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832
George Catlin described Tchán-dee as “a desperate warrior, and . . . one of the most respectable and famous chiefs of the tribe.” The artist painted this portrait at Fort Pierre in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 27, 1841; reprint 1973)
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