Eagle of Delight

Eagle of Delight

Eagle of Delight (Hayne Hudjihini) was one of the five wives of Chief Shaumonekusse of the Otoe tribe.

In 1822, she accompanied her husband to Washington D.C. where she met James Monroe, the President of the United States. She was described by those who met her as beautiful and charming. Her portrait was commissioned, and was painted by Charles Bird King. She died of measles shortly after her visit.

Although her original portrait was destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian Institution in 1865, King's personal copy of it was given to the White House in 1962. It now hangs in the White House library.


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