George Catlin, B* H*, Prominent S* Chief, oil on canvas, 1832. National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.
In the dispute within his tribe over the question of forced relocation to the West, the warrior B* H* (c. 1770-1838) headed the S*’s anti-American faction. His attempt to drive white settlers out of S* territory were foiled by the United States army in 1832. B* H* and his close associates, among them the W* prophet W* C*, were arrested and imprisoned in St. Louis and Fort Monroe in Virginia for several weeks. Afterward they were shown the great cities of the whites, where B* H* attracted much attention. His autobiography, which he dictated, is the first such work by a N. A. author. Although he finally accepted the land cessions to the Americans, he remained to the end unreconciled to K* (c. 1783-1848), the S*’s pro-American chief.
Kasprychki, S. S. (2000). Burial mounds and their builders. The Cultures of Native North Americans, 112.
