Be-she-kee ('Buffalo')
, Head Chief of Leech Lake ChippewaSitter in 1 portrait
Be-she-kee was Head Cheif of Leech Lake Cippewa. He opposed Hole-in-the-Day, a prominent chief of the Ojibwe native people of Minnesota, in his designs of making war upon the whites.
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax68185
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