Visual Materials

Winnebago

Description: Studio portraits of Winneshiek, Black Hawk and John Michael St. Cyr by Charles M. Bell, Washington D.C., 1875.
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.

Modoc

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of individuals involved in the Modoc War of 1873: Tobey Riddle (or Winema), Frank Riddle and their son, Jeff Riddle; Scarface Charley; Steamboat Frank; Shacknasty Jim; Captain Jack; U.S. Indian scouts Tecumseh, Dave Hill and George Harney (Warm Spring Apache). Photographs by Charles M. Bell, Washington D.C., 1875. Also included are group portraits of Modoc school children and white teachers, ca. 1875.

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Chippewa/Ojibwa

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of members of Ojibwa Delegation to Washington D.C., ca. 1880. Photographs attributed to Charles M. Bell. People identified: [Identifications and spellings from Smithsonian image database] Edawigijig; Kis-ki-ta-wag; Wadwaiasoug; Akewainzee; Oshawashkogijig; Nijogijig (Two Days); Oshoga (O-sho-ga); Wasigwanabi; Ogimagijig; Naw-gaw-nab.

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Crow

Visual Materials

Studio portraits and candid photographs of families, dances and school children, mostly in Montana. Views of Indians and whites at Baptist Mission. Two photographs of Crow delegates in Washington D.C. by Charles M. Bell. People identified: Plenty Coups; Bull Tail, White Mouth and families; Shows-a-Fish and Theodore White Mouth; White Arm and family; Rebecca Flathead; Pretty Shell and Pretty Beads (mother and child); Good Eye. Photographers: Charles M. Bell; Huffman, Montana; unidentified.

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Apache

Visual Materials

People identified: Dr. Carlos Montezuma (childhood through adulthood); Esh-kin-tsay-gizah "Mike" (White Mountain Apache); Al-chi-say (White Mountain Apache); San Juan (Mescalero Apache); Little Blond; Augustin Virgil (Jicarilla Apache). Some portraits made during delegation to Washington, D.C., 1874. Photographers: Cosmopolitan Photographic Studio (Chicago); Gentile (Chicago); Baker & Johnston (Evanston, Wyoming); A. Frank Randall; unidentified.

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Osage

Visual Materials

Studio portraits; family and wickiup; subchiefs at Grand Council, 1875. Views of Industrial Boarding School, Osage Agency in Indian Territory, and a group portrait of white agency employees, ca. 1880. People identified: Strike Axe; Epe-saun-cee; War Eagle and Eagle Feather; Saucy Chief; Wash-en-pashie; Grey Bird; Two Giver; Hle-ah-too-me (with baby).

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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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