Do-Hum-Me
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Do-Hum-Me was the daughter of the chief of the Sac Native American tribe.
In 1843, she accompanied her father in a trip east and fell in love with an Indian brave named Cow-Hick-Kee. They married and were employed by P. T. Barnum's American Museum in Manhattan, performing ceremonial Indian dances.
Do-Hum-Me was instantly very popular, but died at age 18, possibly of influenza, and was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn. Her monument is in the shape of a grieving Native American brave.
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