Petalesharo
Sign in to saveright|thumb|350px|Petalesharro, a Pawnee Brave. 1822 painting by Charles Bird King. On display in the White House Library. His feather bonnet is likely the first ever painted by a white artist. To the cosmos focused Pawnees it symbolized a [[comet. He seems to wear a government medal on his breast.]]
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- 1797-01-01
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- 1858-01-01
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right|thumb|350px|Petalesharro, a Pawnee Brave. 1822 painting by Charles Bird King. On display in the White House Library. His feather bonnet is likely the first ever painted by a white artist. To the cosmos focused Pawnees it symbolized a [[comet. He seems to wear a government medal on his breast.]]
Petalesharo (c. 1797 – c. 1836) was a Skidi Pawnee chief or brave who rescued an "Ietan" girl, that is Comanche girl, from a ritual human sacrifice around 1817 (in present-day Nebraska) and earned publicity for his act in national newspapers. In 1821, he was one of numerous Great Plains tribal chiefs to go to Washington, D.C. as part of the O'Fallon Delegation where they met President James Monroe.
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