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Baptiste Deroin [Devoin] or Little Iowa or Small Iowa

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1865-1875

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.
    Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: Oto.4.

    Sheet Recto:

    l.l. to l.r. in graphite: De-Roin (Interpreter) \ Half blood - father a French Canadian

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 488. PAH-HO-CHA-INGA. Little Iowa. \ Generally known by his more proper name of Bap- \ tiste Devoin, is a son of John Devoin, who is half \ French and half Missouria Indian. His mother is half \ Omaha, one-quarter French, and one-quarter Iowas In- \ dian. He was partially educated at the Pawnee Mis- \ sion, at Belleview, Nebr.; can read, write, and speak the \ English language tolerably well; also speaks Pawnee, \ Omaha, and French. He married into the Otoe tribe, \ and has been employed at Otoe agency in the several \ positions of teamster, farmer, interpreter, and miller, \ under former agents. In 1869, he was employed as in- \ terpreter for the tribe, and has continued in that office \ until the present. In height he is 5 feet 9 3/4 inches, \ head measurement 23 1/2 inches, chest 44 inches, and \ weighs 220 pounds. He is about 40 years of age, and \ quite corpulent.

    c. to c.r. printed on paper label: Pa-kho-che ing-e, Young Iowa, or Baptiste Deroin. \ Iowa young

    c. in graphite: 952. \ Neg. No. 3845-6

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2775

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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