Miami Indian
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Miami Indian 1/6 plate ambrotype featuring a likely Miami
Indian, possibly "Young Chopine," or "pe-cong-gah."
Subject wears a federal officer's frock coat with cockade. Label adhered to
plate reads, "Shappeen / [indecipherable]." Image is clear and
striking, though plate is missing lower right corner below label. Case fully
separated at spine. Resealed July of 2017, Exteter, NH. "Period tin
backer added. / replaced cracked rose glass / which may or may not have been
original." Resealed May 2019.In Jacob Piatt Dunn's True Indian
Stories: With Glossary of Indiana Indian Names, he writes,
"CHOPINE—Two Indian reservations, one in Whitley County and one in Allen
County. The name varies to Chappene, Shappeen. It is a French nickname,
properly Chopine, meaning a pint measure, that was applied to two Miamis. Old
Chopine was Mă-kwah´-kyah, or 'Beaver Head.' Young Chopine was Pē-cŏng´-gah, or
'Striking.'"
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