Two autograph letters, signed, from William Birth, solider stationed at Fort Shaw, Montana to his friend, Perry Hobbs. Birth describes his participation in the Marias Massacre, in which United States Army soldiers massacred approximately two hundred m...
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's sale, 2011 December 2, lot 291) on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Shaw (Mont.) and Marias River (Mont.)
Subject (Name):
Birth, William, 1842-1914, Hobbs, Perry, and United States Army Infantry, 13th
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Montana, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal narratives, Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870, Siksika Indians, and Soldiers--Montana
Four snapshots taken in 1937 at a Blackfeet Indian sun dance on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Accompanied by a document stating the name and place of the photographer, signed by James A. Brubaker, enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe,...
Description:
Harold Hanneman owned a variety store in Browning, Montana (on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana) from 1930 to 1965.
Subject (Geographic):
Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.) and Arizona
Subject (Name):
Brubaker, James A.
Subject (Topic):
Siksika dance, Sun dance, Siksika Indians, Hopi Indians, and Indians of North America
Print shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man on horseback, carrying a long gun, and looking back toward another rider. He is wearing moccasins, leggings, animal hide clothing, and has feathers in his hair
Alternative Title:
Indien Pieds Noir a cheval and Blackfoot Indian on horse-back
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Ackerman & Co., J. Hölscher, Arthus Bertrand, and Imp. de Bougeard
Subject (Topic):
Siksika Indians, Indians of North America, and Horses
