Portrait of Jimmy Johnson. Sos-heo-wa. Wolf Clan (1774-1856)
Description
- Creator
- Lewis Henry Morgan, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Image of Jimmy Johnson (Sos-heo-wa) taken from a daugerreotype. Sos-heo-wa became a chief at Tonawanda. During the crisis with the Ogden Land Company after the signing of the Treaty of Buffalo Creek in 1838, Jimmy Johnson was one of the leaders who led Tonawanda in its fight against removal. He often traveled with the delegations to Albany and Washington, DC as the Tonawanda Senecas worked toward saving their lands. He served as an advisor to Ely S. Parker, his grand-nephew, who served as a spokesman for their struggle. Following Red Jacket's death in 1830, Johnson inherited the medal given to his great uncle by George Washington in 1792. That medal, which was later given to Ely Parker when he was named Donehogawa in 1851.
- Date of Original
- c. 19th Century
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 780
Image Height: 951
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Jimmy Johnson, Sos-heo-wa
- Local identifier
- SNPL000031v00i
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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New York, United States
Latitude: 42.87089 Longitude: -78.78725
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society; Lewis Henry Morgan Collection
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
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