page_title: Black Dog (Osage chief)
hierarchical_section_title: Black Dog (Osage chief)
context_page_description: Black Dog, Manka-Chonka in Osage, became a notable chief of a band of the Osage Nation when they lived in what is now northeastern Oklahoma. He is credited with having his band improve a trail from southeastern Kansas to the Great Salt Plains in present-day Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to be used in seasonal migrations to summer hunting grounds. He is believed to have been given this name after fighting well as a young man against the Comanche.
  Manka-Chonka married and had one son. He was also called Black Dog and became a chief among the Osage in 1870.
context_section_description: Black Dog (1780 – 1848), Manka-Chonka in Osage, became a notable chief of a band of the Osage Nation when they lived in what is now northeastern Oklahoma. He is credited with having his band improve a trail from southeastern Kansas to the Great Salt Plains in present-day Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to be used in seasonal migrations to summer hunting grounds. He is believed to have been given this name after fighting well as a young man against the Comanche.
  Manka-Chonka married and had one son (1827-1910). He was also called Black Dog and became a chief among the Osage in 1870.
caption: Chief Black Dog painted by George Catlin ca. 1843.
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