Chief of Taensa Indians receives La Salle, by George Catlin
Chief of the Taensa Indians receiving La Salle, 20 March 1682, by George Catlin (circa 1848). During the second expedition of Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Italian explorer Henri de Tonti, this first documented contact between Europeans and the Taensa Indians took place on the Mississippi near present-day Louisiana
Picture No
13125797
Media ID
45376121
Size
3000px x 2022px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
Date
1682
