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Lot Essay
This drawing is number two from the Duke of Portland "Album Unique."
The inscription on the reverse reads as follows:
"Pawnee
Le-shaw-loo-lah-le-hoo. (the Big Elk) a secondary
chief, wearing a beautifully ornamented robe, and smo-
king a long and handsome pipe. His headdress made of
War Eagles plumes.
As the War Eagle of that country con-
quers all other varities of the Eagle Spe-
-cies the Indians set a high value
on the tail feathers of that valiant
bird, to adorn the heads of the brave,
none others are allowed to wear them."
The inscription on the reverse reads as follows:
"Pawnee
Le-shaw-loo-lah-le-hoo. (the Big Elk) a secondary
chief, wearing a beautifully ornamented robe, and smo-
king a long and handsome pipe. His headdress made of
War Eagles plumes.
As the War Eagle of that country con-
quers all other varities of the Eagle Spe-
-cies the Indians set a high value
on the tail feathers of that valiant
bird, to adorn the heads of the brave,
none others are allowed to wear them."