Photographs of the Fifth Cavalry resting in the Black Hills, including views of soldiers in camp, their supply trains, captured Sioux Indians, wounded soldiers, the butchering of horses for meat, and General Crook ordaining Spotted Tail chief of the Sioux at Red Cloud Agency
Description:
Printed captions pasted on mounts., 27 photographs from a series of 31 that Morrow originally photographed, lacking: #6 Bear Rock, from S., near Custer City; #7 Fifth Cavalry leaving Custer City; #23 Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse; #26 Soldiers fighting over horse meat., Stanley J. Morrow photographed General Crook's column shortly after the battle of Slim Buttes in the Sioux War of 1876., and Copy prints stored with collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Crook, George, 1828-1890., United States. Cavalry. 5th Regiment, United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud Agency, and Spotted Tail, 1823-1881
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, and Dakota Indians
