The expedition leaves present Omaha, Nebraska and passes an old Iowa village on the opposite side of the river. While out hunting, Drouillard meets a Missouria man who lives with the Otoes, and he brings the man to the evening’s camp west of Crescent, Iowa. The visitor tells the captains that most of the Otoes are away hunting buffalo.
Encounter with a Plains Indian
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Leaving Omaha
We set out early; had a cloudy morning: passed some beautiful hills and prairies, and a creek called Round-Knob creek, on the north side; and high bluffs on the south.
—Patrick Gass
Iowa Indians Who Visited London and Paris
George Catlin (1796-1872)
Oil on card mounted on paperboard, 18½ x 28 in., altered (cropped, oval frame removed, and colors restored). Paul Mellon Collections at the National Gallery, www.nga.gov/artworks/50419-iowa-indians-who-visited-london-and-paris.
Iowa Village
Some rain passed at 1 me. a Bluff on the S. S. . . . . a Island and Creek 15 yds. wide on the S. S. above this Bluff, as this Creek has no name call it Indian Knob Creek . . . . below this High Land on the S. S. the Aiawuay [Iowa] Indians formerly lived . . .
—William Clark
The Iowa delegation depicted in the above went to Europe 1844–1846. George Catlin identified them:
[MALES]
- a. — Mu-hú-she-kaw (The White Cloud); a chief.
- b. — Néu-mon-ye (The Walking Rain); a war chief.
- c. — See-nón-ty-a (The Blister Feet); a medicine man.
- d. — Wásh-ke mon-ye (The Fast Dancer).
- e. — Shón-ta-y-ée-ga (The Little Wolf); a warrior.
- f. — No-ho-mún-ye (He who Gives no Attention).
- g. — Wa-ton-ye (The Foremost Man).
- h. — Wa-tá-wee-búck a-nah (Commanding General); a boy.
FEMALES
- i. — Ru-ton-ye-wée-me (The Strutting Pigeon).
- j. — Ru-ton-wée-me (Pigeon on the Wing).
- k. — O-ke-wée-me (Female Bear that walks on the back of another).
- l. — Koon-za-ya-me (Female War Eagle).
- m. — Ta-pa-tá-me (Wisdom); a girl.
- n. — Corsair; (a pappoose).
The Iowa is at present but a small tribe of 1400, living on the lower Missouri, 1845.
A Missouria Visitor
G Drewyer brought in a Missourie [Missouria] Indian which he met with hunting in the Prarie This Indian is one of the fiew remaining of that nation, & lives with the Otteauz [Otoes], his Camp about 4 miles from the river, he informs that the ‘great gangue’ of the nation were hunting the Buffalow in the Plains.
—William Clark
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Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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