Visual Materials

Caddo

Description: Temporary camp of Chief "George Washington," showing him with two other Indian men and a white man standing under a canvas shelter, ca. 1875. Photograph by John K. Hillers.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1869-approximately 1915.
Call number: photCL 275
Creator: Ingalls, George W (1838-1921)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ingalls, 1923.
Restrictions: Advance arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs. The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.

Arapaho

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Photographs by John K. Hillers, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, 1875. People identified: Chief Left Hand; Chief Big Mouth and his daughters; Bear Robe and wife; Chief White Man; Yellow Bear and wife.

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Photographs by John K. Hillers, except three by unidentified photographers. Most are group and single portraits of Cheyenne delegates to the annual Grand Council, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1875. Several views of temporary encampments. [Note: Sometimes Ingalls' dates on backs of prints and his ledger captions differ by one year – 1874 or 1875]. People identified: G. W. Ingalls with group of Cheyenne, 1875; Phil McCusker, U.S. Interpreter, and wife "Minnehaha"; Little Chief; Feathered Wolf; Plenty Horses; White Shield and son; Starving Elk; Little Bear and wife; Buffalo Meat; Chief Whirlwind and wife; Wolf on the Hill and wife.

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Pawnee

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Photographs by John K. Hillers. Portraits of Big Spotted Horse and Lone Chief, near Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1875.

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Comanche

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Photographs by John K. Hillers, made in camps in vicinity of Grand Council, Oklahoma, ca. 1874-1875. [Note: Sometimes Ingalls' dates on backs of prints and his ledger captions differ by one year – 1874 or 1875]. People identified: Dangerous Eagle; Black Bear; Cheevers and wives; Tabenanaka and his wife.

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Seminole

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Portraits of Seminole ministers and college students; Baptist meeting house; churches. Views of John E. Brown, Secretary of tribe, and his family outside home; and Gen. John Peter Cleaver Shanks with unidentified white man and black man. Views of pioneer town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, ca. 1875, showing wooden storefronts, saloon, trade stores, spring water source, and townspeople gathered for photograph. People identified: James Factor; John Chupco; Rev. Mundy Durant (Black Baptist preacher); John Jumper and his new church; Rebecca Jumper; John F. Brown and family; Gen. John Peter Cleaver Shanks. Photographers/publishers: John K. Hillers; unidentified.

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Sac and Fox

Visual Materials

Portraits; camp of Grey Eyes; bark houses; women with babies in cradleboards. Views of U. S. Agent's house and family, with croquet game in progress; school house and Indian schoolchildren. People identified: Big Walker; Growing Horn and family; Keokuk Jr.; interpreters Robert Thrift and Mrs. McCoy; camp of Grey Eyes. Photographers: Charles M. Bell; John K. Hillers; unidentified.

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