Spring Frog
Portrait paintings
Subjects - LCSH Indians of North America -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Portraits; Indians of North America -- History
Description Portrait of Cherokee chief "Spring Frog" in colorful Native-American clothing.
Education Tags 4.54
8.56
Sequoyah and the Cherokee
Growth of the Republic
Date 1836-1844
Creator McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859
Hall, James, 1793-1868
Collection Name History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs.
Historical Note "Tooan Tuh" or Spring Frog, was a Cherokee born near Lookout Mountain in 1754 in the state of Tennessee. He was a skilled trapper, hunter, and ball player. He served under General Jackson during the campaign against the Creeks.; He later moved to the country that was assigned to the Cherokees west of Arkansas.
Owning Institution Tennessee Historical Society

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