Visual Materials

Crow

Description

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.

Type

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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

Arapaho

Visual Materials

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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Modoc

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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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Winnebago

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

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Creek

Visual Materials

Portraits; G. W. Ingalls and others at his headquarters at Union Agency, Oklahoma territory, ca. 1874; F. B. Severs trade store at Okmulgee, with whites, Indians and African-Americans gathered in front; Ingalls and crowd at Grand Council of 1875 at Old Creek Council House. Also views of new stone Council House, boarding school and the Office of Creek Chief Samuel Checato, with men posed in front. People identified: Rev. Daniel Perryman; J. M. Perryman; Ward Coachman; Samuel Checato; G. W. Ingalls and General Shanks. Photographers: 1 carte-de-visite by Stone & Hansard (Denison, TX); John K. Hillers; unidentified.

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Cheyenne

Visual Materials

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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Partial list of photographs with photographer's names (2 pages) – manuscript list by G. W. Ingalls

Visual Materials

Brief descriptions, some with photographer's names noted --"Hillers," "Armstrong," "Beale" – which research shows is a misspelling for photographer Charles M. Bell.

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Partial list of photographs with photographer's names (2 pages) – manuscript list by G. W. Ingalls