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A photograph of Al-le-ga-wa-ho, Head Chief of the Kanza. This is a cropped version of a larger group photograph taken at a meeting between Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Chas. E. Mix, Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau, and leaders from the Sac and Fox and Kanza tribes in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, Bogy advised the Sac and Fox and Kanza tribes to go to a new home, better adapted to their condition, in the valley of the Canadian River in what became Oklahoma. The full photograph titled "Kanza Chiefs" is item 208164.

Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867

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Item Number: 208389
Call Number: E99 K2.I ALG *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208389

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