Studio portrait photographs of Teton Indian delegates to the United States created by the photographic studio of Alexander Gardner in Washington, D.C., for the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England, 1872. The primarily male delegates represent the discrete bands of the Chawana, Cut Head, Oncapapa, and Tachana. The delegates visited Washington, D.C., under the charge of Major Andrew J. Simmons, Images of members of the Chawana consist of Good Hawk (Ha-V-Ka-Washta), Red Thunder (Wan-Ken-Low-Tah), Walking Crane (Pa-Ha-Sa-Mana), and Yellow Eagle (Wama-A-Ke)., Images of members of the Cut Head band consist of Afraid of the Bear (Ma-To-Ko-Kepa), Bears Nose (Ma-To-Pa-Ge), Man Packs the Eagle (Whoe-A-Ke) and his wife, Medicine Bear (Ma-To-Ican), Red Lodge, and Skin of the Heart (Shanta-Ya)., Images of members of the Oncapapa band consist of Black Horn (Hey-Sa-Pah), Bloody Mouth (E-Wa-Hu), Bull Rushes (P'sa), and Lost Medicine (Wancan-Ya-Kea)., and Images of members of the Tachana band consist of Black Eye (Ish-Tah-Sa-Pah), Long Fox (To-Can-Has-Ka), and Many Horns (Hatona).
Description:
Title from accompanying title and contents leaves., Presentation case imprinted "Teton Sioux.", and Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions and possess image numbers 62-79.
Publisher:
Gibson Brothers, Printers
Subject (Name):
Afraid of the Bear, Bears Nose, Black Eye, Black Horn, Bloody Mouth, Bull Rushes, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Good Hawk, Long Fox, Lost Medicine, Many Horns, Medicine Bear, Red Lodge, Red Thunder, Skin of the Heart, Walking Crane, Whoe-A-Ke, Yellow Eagle, Simmons, A. J., and Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Government relations, and Teton Indians
