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Handwritten biography of Dellaware [sic] Charley or Chal-La-Wese, First Councilor of the Dellawares [sic]

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Biography reads: "Born 1818, Served as a guide and hunter for Col Fremont in 1846, been in several engagements with the mountain Indians and in one against the Sioux and Shians and one against the Pawnees, Isha'-la-wis". Folder 255A

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Title(s): 
Handwritten biography of Dellaware [sic] Charley or Chal-La-Wese, First Councilor of the Dellawares [sic]
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
1850s
Materials/Techniques: 
pencil on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Biography
Accession No: 
4026.3528
Previous Number(s): 
74648
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Drew Manuscript Collection
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