James W. Abert. Message from the President...Communicating a Report of an Expedition Led by Lieutenant Abert, on the Upper Arkansas and through the Country of the Camanche Indians, in the Fall of the Year 1845. Washington, 1846.

Abert's watercolors, tipped into his personal copy

Tah-kai-buhl. A Kiowa Indian

"Tah-kai-buhl. A Kioway"


A Kiowa
Indian on a mule

"A Kioway Indian on a mule - in his war-dress"


O-cum-who-wust, a chief of the
Cheyenne

"O-cum-who-wust, (or Yelllow Wolf) - Chief of the Cheyennes"


Isse-wo-ne-am-in and
No-tah-is-tah-hah.  Cheyenne Women

"Isse-wo-ne-am-in and No-tah-is-tah-hah. Cheyenne Women"


Kiowa Indian woman with infant
and children

"Indian Squaw, with an infant and children - Kioways"


Cassulan, his wife, and
Tiah-na-zi

"Cassulan, his wife, and Tiah-na-zi -- Kiowa Indians making their toilet"


Portraits of various Kiowa

"1. Tiah-nah-zi 2. A Kioway 3. Ditto 4. Cassalan 5. Wife of Do. -- To-hah-sun
6. Little Mountain, Chief of the Kioways.
2 and 3 were attendants of Little Mountain"


Portraits of Cheyennes and
Apaches

"1. Isse-no-me-mox-ist, A Cheyenne 2. Oco-chu-tah-nahun, Ditto 3. Nah-co-na-pun, Ditto
4. An Apache Indian 5. Oka-wo-cum, A Cheyenne 6. A Cheyenne"


Am-eer-tscheen, a Cheyenne

"Am-eer-tscheen (or the Fast-Walker). A Cheyenne"


The Spanish Girl, a prisoner

"The Spanish Girl; (A Prisoner)"


Mis-stan-star, a Cheyenne

"Mis-stan-star, A Cheyenne"


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