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Mah-we-tah-says
Object Number 41-72-10/99968.586
Display Title Mah-we-tah-says
Descriptions
Object Description Verso text: "Gah-we-tah-says. / He led the Ojibways against / The Sioux settlements on the / Minnesota river in 1858. / May 30."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1899
Artist David I. Bushnell, Jr.
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard

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