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Handwritten biography of Henry Tiblow or Thax-Thea-Ka (To burn it)

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Biography reads: "Born 1819, Interpreter to the Dellawares [sic] formerly interpreter to the Shawnees and Kickapoo, was educated at the Shawnee Methodist Mission, and recommended to the U. S. Government as interpreter in 1837 by the Rev. Thomas Johnson, a great advocate of Education and Religion among the Indians, One of the Delegation of Delaware in January 1859." Folder 255A

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Title(s): 
Handwritten biography of Henry Tiblow or Thax-Thea-Ka (To burn it)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
1850s
Materials/Techniques: 
pencil on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.3530
Previous Number(s): 
74650
Department: 
Not On View

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