Mick-e-no-páh is the head chief of the [Seminole] tribe, and a very lusty and dignified man. He took great pleasure in being present every day in my room, whilst I was painting the others,
when he at length agreed to be painted, if I could make a fair likeness of his legs, which he had very tastefully dressed in a handsome pair of red leggings, and upon which I at once began (as he sat cross-legged), by painting them on the lower part of the canvass, leaving room for his body and head above. |