Chief Oshawana, Tecumseh's chief warrior at the battle of the River Thames (2 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Chief Oshawana, Tecumseh's chief warrior at the battle of the River Thames

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Chief Oshawana, Tecumseh's chief warrior at the battle of the River Thames
Record information
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Chief Oshawana, Tecumseh's chief warrior at the battle of the River Thames

Date:

ca. 1902-1904.

Reference:

Accession number: 1970-001 NPC

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3358509

Date(s):

ca. 1902-1904.

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph

Language of material:

no language

Scope and content:

This reproduction is based on an original ambrotype most likely taken by an unknown photographer in Brantford, Ontario, on September 20 - 28, 1858, during the Grand General Council.

Anishinaabeg Chief Oshawana of Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) was one of the delegates of the Grand General Council of 1858.

Provenance:

Creator: McClurg, George Mills, 1857-1913

Additional name(s):

Photographer: Unknown

Biography/Administrative history:

McClurg, George Mills, 1857-1913 : McClurg acted as a lawyer, general secretary and treasurer for the United Bands of the Chippewa and Mississauga. He collected and organized the Dr. Oronhyatekha Historical Collection at the Independent Order of Foresters Headquarters. The collection was gifted to the Royal Ontario Museum in 1911 after the death of Oronhyatekha.

Additional information:

General note:

B.J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, p.551: "The likeness...is from a daguerreotype taken from life at Brantford...in September 1858"
Described by the RECON project.
Within different historical records, the name Oshawana has been anglicized as Ohawwanoo, Oshawahnoo, Ojawanon, Ojaouaanon.

Attributions and conjectures:

Chief Oshawana has been identified previously with the anglicized name John Naudee.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

in gold ink, mount recto l.l : [illegible] G Mills McClurg

Associated material note:

The original ambrotype of Chief Oshawana is held at the Royal Ontario Museum (Object no. 911.3.179).

Subject heading:

Portraits

OSHAWANA, CHIEF

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

1970-001 NPC

Other accession no.:

1970-001 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

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Copy negative [1970-001 NPC] C-008543

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, e010797042
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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