Name/Title
Kickapoo Chief, Commodore Cat, and other Native Americans with Louisa Hauck Photo, 1923Entry/Object ID
P354.18022.136Description
Kickapoo Chief, Commodore Cat, and other Native Americans with Louisa Hauck Photo, 1923. b/w. Five Native Americans meeting with whitle woman in light-colored dress & hat.
Commodore Cat, Chief of the 290-member Kickapoo tribe is pictured in the center, wrapped in blanket, wearing full headdress. A brave in light-colored costume appears out in front of the Chief and seems to be central to the photo. Four other Native Americans in ceremonial dress make up the group. Woman is Louis Platt Hauck, writer of Pony Express Pageant, who met with the Kickapoo to enlist their participation in the pageant celebration.
This is news photo from Aug. 11, 1923 News Press.
Headline: "Mrs. Leslie Hauck Received by the Kickapoos"
Caption: Author of Pony Express pageant heads committee on visit to reservation to engage redmen for spectacle at St. Joseph beginning August 27."
Accompanying story places the photo near Powhattan, KS. The Chief, about 60 years old, spoke no English. The story indicated that the Kickapoo donned their ceremonial dress for Mrs. Hauck on the spot. It identified the other Kickapoo as Johnny Cadue, Leroy Commodore (only son of the chief), Chief Commodore Cat, Wm. Sacquat, and David Louis.
For Original digital scan see History 20 CDMade/Created
Date made
1923Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Native American, Kickapoo, Kickapoo Indians in St. JosephRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max HabeckerPerson or Organization
Chief Commodore Cat---Kick--A--PooPerson or Organization
Chief Commodore CatPerson or Organization
Hauck, Louise PlattPerson or Organization
Johnny CaduePerson or Organization
Leroy CommodorePerson or Organization
William SacquatPerson or Organization
David LouisProvenance
Notes
Photographs taken by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.