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Chonmanicase
Warriors Citation
Chonmanicase was an Oto warrior who visited Washington. Under the patronage of Thomas L. McKenney, Commissioner of Native
American Trade, artist Charles Bird King produced 143 portraits of Native American dignitaries, visiting Washington, DC, over
a 20-year period. The above portrait is part of Thomas McKenney & James Hall History of the Native American Tribes of North
America., Philadelphia: 1837-1844. See Choncape (an Oto Chief) for the full story of the McKenney-Hall efforts.
Chonmonicase or Shaumonekusse, -1837 (Oto (Chewaerae)), also known as L'Ietan or Prairie Wolf, was a member of the first Native
American delegation to be painted by King in Washington, D.C. His wife, Eagle of Delight (Hayne Hudjihini), was also painted
by King. In addition to trade silver armbands, Presidential Peace Medals and a Grizzly claw necklace, he wears a headdress
ornamented with shaved bison horns topped with horsehair. In the biographical sketch which accompanies the portrait, James
Hall reported that Shaumonekusse was a warrior who rose to become chief through merit. He recounted his deeds in 1819 during
a dance performed before members of the Stephen Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Later in life he killed his brother
after a fight in which the latter bit off the end of his nose. From: historical accounts & records
LINK TO BRAVEHORSE WARRIORS VOLUME TWO
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