Recto:

l.l. in image: Osage.1.

Mount Verso:

u.c. printed on paper label: 511.JOSEPH, PAW-NE-NO-PA-ZHE. Not Afraid of the Pawnees. \ Governor or chief of the tribe. Was born on the \ Osage reservation when in Kansas, and when 12 years \ of age was placed in a Catholic mission, where he \ received a good English education. He still retains \ the old customs and habits of his tribe, however. Is \ a brave and warlike chief, but yet exerts all his influ-\ ence to secure peace between his people and the whites. \ Is about 40 years of age, 6 feet in height, with a large \ and commanding physique; head 22 1/4; chest, 41. c. printed on paper label: Pa-yin nun-pashi, He who Fears-not-the-sight- \ of-a-Pawnee, Joseph Payin nunpashi.\ (Payin, a Pawnee; nunpashi, he does not fear a \ seen foe or danger, as distinguished from \ another verb meaning, to fear an unseen [underlined] foe \ or other danger.)

c. in graphite: 895 \ neg. no. 4050

c. in blue ink: Also known as \ "Bighill Joe" \ Died Jan 18, 1883 \ Buried in Pawhuske Cemetary

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

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