Introducing a newly elected Chief to the Huron Council
The Huron-Wendat community of Jeune-Lorette is shown here when Robert Symes was elected honorary Chief. Symes was a British immigrant who served as chief of police in Québec City between 1838 and 1841. In the ceremony depicted in this piece, he is being symbolically adopted and elected honorary Chief by the Huron-Wendat Nation. This ceremony was reserved for non-Indigenous dignitaries whom the community held in great esteem.
Lynch, H., d’après Henry Daniel Thielcke
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1841