Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 9.10*
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 9.10*
- Material type
- Painting
- Description
- Painting of Tunk aht oh ye, the Thunderer. He was a Kiowa boy held captive by the Osage Indians, purchased by General Henry Leavenworth to return him to his tribe. Ended up being killed by a ram in the bank of the Verdigris River.
- Author or creator
- George Catlin
- Publication or source
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- Subjects and names
- Painting, The Thunderer, Tunk aht oh ye, Kiowa, Osage Indians, captive, General Henry Leavenworth, Verdigris River.
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