Meskwaki materials, Peale-Sellers Family Collection

Culture:
Meskwaki includes: Mesquakie, Musquakie, Sac, Sauk, Fox, Sac-and-Fox
Ho-Chunk includes: Winnebago, Hoocąk
Language: English
Date: 1833; 1839
Contributor: Sellers, George Escol | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
Subject: Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Mississippian culture | Food | United States--History | Museums
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 2 items
Description: Titian Ramsey Peale discusses visit of Black Hawk to Museum (Peale's); Black Hawk objected to the crowd, so the Museum invited Black Hawk to return for a private showing. George Escol Sellers writes to his wife regarding his travels on way to St. Louis. Refers to Black Hawk; Winnebago [Ho-Chunk]; wild-rice gathering; Indian burial mounds, etc.
Collection: Peale-Sellers Family Collection Mss.B.P31