Yates-sut-soot, Chief of the Clallam at I-eh-nus
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 x 4 15/16 inches (17.8 x 12.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.52
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"Made a portage across the spit, and by the eveing reached I-en-nus, a Clallum village or fort.... Their chief, Yates-sut-soot, received me with great cordiality... Yates-sut-soot was very apprehensive of an attack from the Macaw Indians, and believing my powers and influence as a medecine-man to be of much importance, eagerly asked me which side I would take, in the event of their coming. I replied, that as long as they treated me well I would be their friend." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV
ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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