Os Sa-Hin-Ta (Captain Frost). Head Chief of the Onondagas.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Firth, Pond & Co., New York.

• MEDIUM: Two-color lithograph,

  DATE: 1852

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/2 x 8" (24.2 x 20.4 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This decorative portrait was issued as part of the sheet music cover for "The Onondaga Polka" by J. S. Jacobs. The Onondaga tribe was one of the Iroquoian peoples making up the Six Nations. As a young turtle warrior, Ossahinta gained fame as a runner, carrying and translating messages among the tribes. He became extremely knowledgeable about the history and customs of the Six Nations, an asset which added to his authority when he later presided over Onondaga councils. There he counceled peace, temperance and distance from white settlements and their temptations. To the Americans he was known as Captain Frost. Shortly before his death at 85 in 1846, Ossahinta posed in his dress finery for a Syracuse artist. That portrait was the source for this Sarcony & Major lithograph.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: Levy, "Picture the Songs," 104-05.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Western & Indian , Other