Lay-l�_o-ah-pee-��i-shee-kaw, Grass, Bush, and Blossom, Semicivilized
George Catlin probably painted this portrait of Grass, Bush, and Blossom, a member of the Shawnee tribe, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, in 1830. The artist described the Shawnee at the time of this portrait: “Remains of a numerous tribe, formerly inhabiting part of Pennsylvania, afterwards Ohio, and recently removed west of the Mississippi River. Number at present about 1200.” (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition
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