Recto:

l.l. in image: Oto.1.

Mount Verso:

u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 480. AR-KE-KE-TAH. Stand by It. \ Is a full-blooded Otoe Indian. He was a leading \ warrior in his tribe, and during the early settlement of \ Nebraska, when an emigrant train had been attacked \ on big Sandy Creek, and robbed of allthey had by a \ partyof Pawnees, Ar ke-ke-tah, leading a band of \ Otoes, fell on them, and, killing the entire party, re- \ stored the goods back to the emigrants, for which he \ gained notoriety, and received papers commendatroy \ of this and other valuable services rendered the whited. \ By being man of deep scheming and cuinning, he suc- \ ceeded in gaining the position of head chief of the \ tribe, while on a visit to Washington, in 1854, when \ the treaty was concluded, in which the Otoes ceded \ to the Government the southeastern part of Nebraska. \ He was deposed from his chiefship in 1872, re-instated \ in 1873, but has been inactive as a chief since, and has \ lost his influence in the tribe. He is still living, about \ 65 years of age, and 5 feet 8 inches high, with square, \ well-built frame.

c. to c.r. printed on paper label: A-ki-ki-ta, probably frequentative of a-ki-ta, \ to watch over; if so, it means, He watches \ again and again, or, from time to time.

c. to c.r. in graphite: 944 \ neg. no. 3825-6 \ 3 copies

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

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