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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Luqaiôt - Kittitas. [Boston]: John Andrew & Son, ca. 1910. Original photogravure on Japanese vellum. Plate 247 in Curtis’s Portfolio 7, “The North American Indian, Vol. 7. The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai.” Image 15 5/8 x 11 1/8”; sheet approx. 22 x 18”; Curtis’ caption as published in Volume 7 further identifies the subject in this photograph: “The original of this portrait is a son Owhi (Ohai), who as chief of the Salishan band inhabiting Kittitas valley, Washington, at first appeared to favor the Stevens treaty of 1855, but a few months later was drawn into the Indian uprising by the act of another son, Qahlchun, in killing some prospectors. At the termination of hostilities Luqaiot made his permanent home among the Spokan, taking for his wife the daughter of a Spokan chief and widow of his executed brother Qahlchun. Luqaiot’s recollections of the events of these times will be found scattered through the account of the Yakima war in Volume VII.” Deckled edges and some toning; image clean and bright.