A portrait of Spotted Deer's grandfather
A journey made in 1836 by the American artist George Catlin provides the framework of this story. A Chippewa boy, Spotted Deer, urges his grandfather to let Catlin paint his portrait, but the old man is reluctant. It is not until Moose Horn observes in Catlin the same sadness for the loss of the Indians' culture that he himself feels, and is prompted by a spirit visitation of himself as a young warrior, that he allows the artist to paint him.
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