Declaration of war by the Quapaw Nation of Louisiana

A young warrior or brave paints a crossed arrows in red paint on a tree trunk. He wears a feather headdress and buck-skin robe, and is armed with musket, bow and quiver. A warclub (casse-tete) lies on the ground. Declaration of war by the Quapaw Nation (Arkansas or Ugahxpa) of Louisiana. Declaration de guerre de la nation des Akancas de la Louisiane. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervais's Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811

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