Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 10, 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 5
Additional Source Text:
"Presented to Mr. Jefferson by Mr. Peter Chouteau, who received them from the Osage Indians -- they having collected them in some of their War ex[cu]rsions into that Country. pres[ented] by Mr. Jefferson."
Notes:
This specimen was among many items sent by Lewis and Clark to Thomas Jefferson, including maps and a horned lizard (also sent by Jefferson to Peale), on 18 May 1804. Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0340
Pierre Chouteau and his half-brother Auguste Chouteau were active in the western fur and Indian trades. He traveled to Washington with a delegation of Osage leaders, arriving on 11 July 1804.
