McKenney & Hall. ITCHO-TUSTENNUGGEE. 1844.

Thomas McKenney (1785-1859) & James Hall (1793-1868) ITCHO-TUSTENNUGGEE From History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Published: Philadelphia, VOL I: 1837, VOL ll: 1842, VOL lll: 1844 Hand-colored lithograph Sheet size: approx. 14.5 x 20”   Seminole Chief - Florida In the fall of 1823, two years after Florida came into the possession of the United States, a treaty was signed by three Indian commissioners from Washington with the Florida tribes. The following winter the treaty was ratified by Congress. Itcho means deer and Tustennuggee, warrior, so he is therefore known by the English name of Deer Warrior," McKenney wrote in 1835. "He was doubtless famous when young for killing deer, and no doubt owes his name to killing deer. He is a partisan Chief. One who hunts of choice, but fights when he is called upon to do so." Soon after Thomas L. McKenney was appointed Superintendent of Indian Trade in 1816, he struck u