| Title |
Woman Chief. |
| Alternate title |
“Pine Leaf,” the Indian heroine, mounted on her war-horse. |
| Publisher |
[New York : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1856?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 8.1 x 11.1 cm |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of the woman warrior astride a horse. |
| Notes |
In The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth (New York, 1856), p. [203]. |
|
The Native American woman was taken captive and adopted by the Crows when she was about ten. After excelling as a warrior,
she became a chief, and was known as Bíawacheeitchish, or Woman Chief. She married four women in her lodge. In his autobiography,
James Pierson Beckwourth, calling her Pine Leaf or Bar-chee-am-pe, claims to have had a romantic relationship with her.
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| Genre |
Engravings -- 1850-1859. |
|
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859. |
| Subject |
Women. |
|
Woman Chief -- Portraits. |
|
Two-spirit people. |
|
Indians of North America. |
