Peter ('Kahkewaquonaby') Jones
(1802-1856), MissionarySitter in 3 portraits
Jones was a Mississauga Ojibway, the third-largest group of Native Americans. At the age of fourteen, he was ordained as a Methodist minister. In 1838, he presented a petition to Queen Victoria from chiefs of the Mississauga Ojibway community asking for title deeds to their lands.
Ka(h)kewaquonaby, a Canadian chief (Peter ('Kahkewaquonaby') Jones)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 4 August 1845
NPG P6(83)
Ka(h)kewaquonaby, a Canadian chief (Peter ('Kahkewaquonaby') Jones)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 4 August 1845
NPG P6(94)
The Waving Plume (Peter ('Kahkewaquonaby') Jones)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 4 August 1845
NPG P6(145)
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