U.S. Army, infantry attacking Snake River Indians near Owyhee River, 1880

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Title: U.S. Army, infantry attacking Snake River Indians near Owyhee River, 1880
Alternative Title: United States Army infantry attacking Snake River Indians near Owyhee River, 1880
Published / Created: [1899?]
Publication Place: Akron, O. and United States Ohio Akron
Publisher: the Werner Co.
Abstract: Print depicts a scene of fighting between a unit of theUnited States Army 1st Cavalry regiment under command of then Lieutenant Colonel George R. Crook and Northern Paiute warriors led by Chief Howluck along the Owyhee River, a tributary of the Snake River, on December 26, 1866 at the battle of Owyhee River; the infantry are shown in a line on lower ground firing up at the Native Americans, who are in defensive positions among rocks on higher ground
Description: Title from caption below image.
Text in image on lower right: copyright 1809 by the Werner Company.
Extent: 1 print : 23 x 53 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Chromolithographs
Material: color lithograph ;, paper, ink, lithography, and single sided
Resource Type: still image and text
Subject (Geographic): Owyhee River
Subject (Name): United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st
Subject (Topic): Snake War, 1864-1868
Shoshoni Indians
Bannock Indians
Northern Paiute Indians
Subjects: United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st > Pictorial works
Snake War, 1864-1868 > Pictorial works
Shoshoni Indians > Pictorial works
Bannock Indians > Pictorial works
Northern Paiute Indians > Pictorial works
Owyhee River > Pictorial works

Access: Public
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