Peah-Mus-Ka Print

Peah-Mus-Ka Print

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Peah-Mus-Ka

McKenney described Peah-Mus-Ka, a Fox Chief, as an inoffensive man who lived a reputable life.”  He had signed the first treaty for his people in 1815 as “Pierremaskkin, the Fox Who Walks Crooked” and another in 1825 as “Pee-ar-maski, the Jumping Sturgeon,” both examples of the erroneous translations of many Indian interpreters.  Peahmuska, leading a party of hunters in 1830, sadly was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was killed by Sioux and Menominee warriors who had set up an elaborate ambush 15 miles south of Prairie du Chin.

Portrait is a 12" x 18" unframed archival print.