["A KIOWA'S ODYSSEY", "These drawings by Etahdleuh, one of the Kiowa prisoners, mentioned on the next page, was made during the first year of his confinement in the old Spanish fort at St. Augustine, Florida. It is an epic in true Indian art of scenes of native life on the plains, the surrender of his tribe to the military forces of the United States after a futile resistance to invasion of his hunting grounds by white settlers, the journey to Fort Marion and a few of the incidents there.", "Etahdleuh's artistic talent cannot be questioned, nor the accuracy of detail, even though marred by faulty perspective.", "The captions were written by General Richard Henry Pratt a few years before his death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NOTES ON ETAHDLEUH DOANMORE

1. A KIOWA INDIAN. CAPTURED IN 1874 FOR TAKING PART IN A MURDEROUS RAID ON THE TEXAS BORDER.

2. ONE OF SEVENTY-TWO INDIANS CHARGED AS MOST DANGEROUS AND RAPACIOUS. IN MAY 1875 SENT TO FORT MARION, ST. AUGUSTINE, BY U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR THREE YEARS IMPRISONMENT. (LIEUTENANT RICHARD PRATT IN COMMAND.)

3. BECOME ONE OF THE MOST TRACTABLE OF INDIAN PRISONERS. LEARNED TO READ AND WRITE. AT END OF SENTENCE EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE.

4. ETAHDLEUH AND SIXTEEN OTHER INDIANS SENT TO HAMPTON INSTITUTE IN AUTUMN OF 1878 FOR ONE YEAR TERM. FROM THE BEGINNING HE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF LIEUTENANT PRATT, WHO FROM THE BEGINNING HAD CHARGE OF THESE INDIANS.

5. SPENT A SUMMER WORKING ON A FARM NEAR LEE, MASSACHUSSETTS.

6. ENTERED THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL WITH THE FIRST GROUP. HE MATERIALLY AIDED IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT BY BRINGING TWENTY-SEVEN CHILDREN TO CARLISLE. ONE OF THESE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME HIS WIFE.

7. DURING HIS PRISON LIFE HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN. HE WAS BAPTIZED BY THE REV. DR. GEORGE NORCROSS OF CARLISLE AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN FEBRUARY 1880.

8. COMMENDED FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE, PARTICULARLY IN EDUCATION, IN THE INDIAN COMMISSIONER'S REPORT OF 1882.

9. MARRIED LAURA TONDLEMAH, AN INDIAN STUDENT, IN SUMMER OF 1882. RETURNED TO HIS TRIBE. IN 1884, HE CAME BACK TO CARLISLE WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1887.

10. IN 1887, WITH HIS WIFE AND BABY SON, ETAHDLEUH WENT BACK TO THE AGENCY AND TOOK UP CLAIM OF 160 ACRES WHICH HE IMPROVED. THE NEXT YEAR, ON APRIL 20, HE DIED.

The Sketches
of ETAHDLEUH

ETAHDLEUH Doanmore, a Kiowa, was one of
72 rebellious Indians who were captured
after they had participated in raids along
the Texas border. This group had been un-
willing to submit to living on a reserva-
tion. In May 1875 they were sent to Ft.
Marion, St. Augustine, Florida,
as prisoners.

These sketches were made by Etahdleuh dur-
ing his captivity. They were given to
Capt. Richard H. Pratt who had been in
charge of this group of Indians since
their capture. This humane and understand-
ing man founded Carlisle Institute, a
school for Indians at Carlisle, Pa.
Etahdleuh was in the first group of Indians
to study there.

His charming pictures record a part of the
transition from the Indians' traditional
way of life to living the white man's way.
They show Kiowa life on the plains, the
journey to Ft. Marion and life in Florida.

John W. Olezhak
Corporation

Henry Elliott Jaeney
Corporation

Paul H. Helm
St. Louis

Edward Etcholluh
St. Louis

Goodkindlen
Corporation

Family passengers at St. Augustine, Florida, 1875

This exhibit is loaned to
The Science Museum through
the courtesy of Capt. Pratt's
descendants.