Shauhaunapotinia, an Ioway Chief

Shauhaunapotinia, an Ioway Chief

Charles Bird King (1785-1862). Shauhaunapotinia, an Ioway Chief. Hand-colored lithograph, Plate 38. McKenney, Thomas L. & Hall, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough, 1838-1844.
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Man Who Killed Three Sioux (Shau-hau-napo-tinia) (Iowa (Pahodja)), earned his name when he killed three Sioux in retaliation for the death of a close friend.  Also known as Sioux Killer, he was a member of the Iowa delegation which visited Washington, D.C. in 1836-1837.  The portrait painted by King during that visit shows him wearing a finger-woven turban, a trade silver armband as well as numerous trade silver earrings known as earbobs, a shell gorget necklace, and metal bracelets, probably of brass.  Brass Hawks bells ornament his tomahawk, the handle of which appears to have been wrapped in trade cloth.