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Chief Kawbawgam, Jack La Pete, And Group

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Chief Kawbawgam, Jack La Pete
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Group in front of dome-shaped, rush mat house to right is Chief Kawbawgam who lived on Presque Isle. On the left is Jack La Pete.

Chief Kawbawgam lived to be 100 and Jack La Pete lived to be 98.

Group in front of dome-shaped, rush mat house to right is Chief Kawkawgam. CHIPPEWA. [addition: from photo: "Dome-shaped Lodge of the Ojibways. The Indian to the right is Chief Kawbawgam, who with his family lived on Presque Isle, now a suburban park of Marquette. he reached the unusual age of one hundred year, and now a large boulder is his monument in the park. The standing figure at the left is Jack La Pete, who acted as guide for four generations of the author's family. He died in his ninety-eight year. Such longevity was most unusual among these Indians."]

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Chief Kawbawgam, Jack La Pete
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Chief Kawbawgam and group. On the left is Jack La Pete
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Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of the American Indian
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National Museum of the American Indian
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P22758
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Print