O'-check-ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan.
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Title
O'-check-ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan.
Collection
Names
Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858 (Artist)
Lehman & Duval Lithrs. (Lithographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1836
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: J.O. Lewis
Library Location
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KW+++ (Lewis, J. O. Aboriginal port folio. 1836 (1st ed.))
Subjects
Indians of North America
Winnebago Indians
Indians -- Kings and rulers
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: Plates drawn by J. Barincou and P. Rindisbacher, and colored by hand, after paintings J.O. Lewis, T.R. Peale, and Jerome Thompson; printed by Lehman & Duval and P.S. Duval, lithographihc printers.
Content: Painted at the Treaty of Green Bay 1827 by J.O. Lewis.
Physical Description
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14311922
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5cf52fe0-c6cb-012f-135d-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1836
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "O'-check-ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1836. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5cf52fe0-c6cb-012f-135d-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1836). O'-check-ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5cf52fe0-c6cb-012f-135d-58d385a7bc34
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "O'-check-ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5cf52fe0-c6cb-012f-135d-58d385a7bc34
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