Wakechai, or the Crouching Eagle, was one of the village chiefs, or civil magistrates, of the Saukie Nation. Original 19th century hand-colored lithograph. After an original painting by Charles Bird King. From the History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits From the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. Published by McKenney & Hall: Philadelphia VOL I: 1837, VOL ll: 1842, VOL lll: 1844

Presented in a custom frame; outer dimensions measure 24.25 x 20 x .75 inches. Image measures 15.75 x 11.75 inches.