Cartes-de-visite photographs created by photographers in the United States and Canada of Indians of North America, ca. 1860-1875. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting men in traditional clothing, with a few examples of women and children. Tribal groups represented include Dakota, Fox, Navajo, Paiute, Paloos, Sauk, Shoshoni, Ute, and Yankton. Identified individuals include Spotted Tail, a Dakota chief; and Wolf Necklace (Harlish Washshomake), a Paloos chief. Another identified image consists of a copy photograph of a painting of Keokuk based on a daguerreotype made by Thomas Easterly in 1847 and Photographers and galleries represented include: A. W. Barker, Ottawa, Kansas; W. P. Bliss, Photographic Car; Charles Williams Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah; John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; William R. Cross, Niobrara, Nebraska; Duffin & Caswell, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Howard, Fort Bridger, Wyoming; Jackson Brothers Photography, Omaha, Nebraska; S. Park, Brantford, Ontario; Charles Roscoe Savage, Salt Lake City, Utah; Smith, Peabody, Kansas; A. W. Witherell, Keokuk, Iowa
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Barker, Anthony, 1930-, Bliss, W. P., Carter, Charles Williams., Choate, John N., Cross, W. R. (William R.), Hamilton, C. L., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848., Mautz, Carl., Savage, C. R. 1832-1909. (Charles Roscoe),, Spotted Tail, 1823-1881., Witherell, A. W., Duffin & Caswell., and Jackson Brothers Photography.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Fox Indians, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Paloos Indians, Sauk Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Ute Indians, and Yankton Indians
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri Williams, Robert, fl. 1876
Published / Created:
1876 July 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1025 Un3124
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
General Crook planned an ambitious campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1876. In this dispatch, General Sheridan provides information on movements of hostile Indians, assignments and movements of United States troops, and availability of supplies and equipment.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) and Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edwin M., Crook, George, 1828-1890, Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910, Nickerson, James D., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd, United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th, United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th, and United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Wars --1866-1895, and Ute Indians
Manuscript field journal that documents the military career of Bennett A. Clements, July 27, 1859, to January 4, 1886. The volume principally discusses the daily activities of Clements and the United States Army troops commanded by Colonel Edward Richard Sprigg Canby in Utah and New Mexico Territories from 1860 to 1862 . Activities included protecting settlers against American Indians and negotiating with Navajo, Ute, and Zuni Indians, and fighting with Confederate States Army troops. Later journal entries include details of Clements' subsequent service with the Army of the Potomac and at hospitals in New York City, and as a medical doctor with United States Army troops commanded by General George Crook in the Dakota Territory in 1876. The journal also documents events and trips taken by his immediate family.
Description:
Bennett Augustine Clements (1831-1886) was a surgeon in the United States Army. In 1856, he earned a commission as an assistant surgeon in the Regular Army Medical Staff Infantry Regiment. From 1856 to 1863, he served in Florida, Texas, Utah, and New Mexico. In 1863, he became a full surgeon with the rank of major and administered hospitals during the American Civil War. In 1876, Clements served in the Indian Wars in the Dakota Territory. In 1871, he married Mary Isabella Rutherford Clements (born 1844), and they had two daughters, Lucille Rutherford Clements Arnold (1872-1952) and Maude Hamilton Clements (1874-1944). He died at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas., In English., and Purchased from William Reese Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010.
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico--Discovery and exploration, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, and Utah--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg,--1817-1873, Clements, Bennett A.--(Bennett Augustine),---1886, Confederate States of America.--Army, Copley, James S.--(James Strohn)--Bookplate, Crook, George,--1829-1890, and United States.--Army of the Potomac--Medical care
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1876, Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico, Frontier and pioneer life--Utah, Navajo Indians, Navajo Indians--Wars, Ute Indians, and Zuni Indians
Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel through Kansas to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Ridinger describes life with a group of Osage, including the construction of buildings, hunting, fishing, agriculture, and Osage funerary and religious ceremonies. Ridinger also records his interactions with other tribes, including Pawnee, Cherokee, Ute, and Waco. He describes relations and treaties between the tribes, as well as the tribes' relations with the United States government, including the disbursement of food and clothing. Other passages describe copies of earlier treaties with France and Spain which the tribes showed Ridinger. A later entry describes the aftermath of the United States Army burning a Jewish settlement in Oklahoma in 1881 and The diary also includes an essay about the history of Native American treaties with the United States government and several pages of accounts listing expenses and sales of hay, wheat, and corn. The diary includes several drawings of people, horses, insects, dogs, and symbols. Accompanied by 3 photographs, one hand-colored portrait of Henry Ridinger, one of an unidentified woman, and one of a man and woman captioned "Uncle Sam [Ridinger] with his sweetheart who died."
Description:
Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years in the 1870s and 1880s. He later became a hay farmer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, circa 1885., In English., and Front and back covers are detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
Photograph album of John Wesley Powell's Second Colorado River Expedition, containing photographs by E. O. Beaman, James Fennemore, and John K. Hillers. The first 118 photographs are attributed to Beaman, and depict the start of the expedition at the Green River Station in Wyoming, and the journey through the Red Canyon, Brown's Park, the Lodore Canyon, the Canyon of Desolation, the Cataract Canyon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, The next set of photographs in the album was probably taken by James Fennemore, showing views of Powell's expedition after his departure from Salt Lake City. They illustrate the journey from the mouth of the Dirty Devil River down through Glen Valley, Nevada, and Finally, there are several views of the Marble Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, the Virgin River, the Sevier River, Pine Creek, Kanab Creek, and a series of portraits by Hillers of Paiute, Ute and Pueblo Indians. Portraits of Hopi and Zuni Indians were probably taken by Beaman
Description:
Individual prints consist of 452 stereo-sized photographs, measuring 7.6 x 11.0 cm. or smaller, 52 larger photographs, measuring 18.5 x 10.9 cm. or smaller, and 5 photographs measuring 24.2 x 18.2 cm. or smaller. The photographs are generally not captioned. Attribution is based on secondary sources. and Insect damage to some pages, not affecting photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), United States, and Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hopi Indians, Zuni Indians, Paiute Indians, Ute Indians, and Exploring expeditions
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1876.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and consist primarily of portraiture of male delegates to the United States with occasional images of women and children. The images were created for ethnographic portfolios of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England. A few images show individuals with mixed descent and interpreters, The broad geographical regions represented by individuals in the album include Eastern States, Great Lakes Region, Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, New Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southern States, Portraits represent various tribal groups, including Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brulé Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota Indians, Delaware Indians, Fox Indians, Iowa Indians, Isleta Indians, Jicarilla Indians, Kansa Indians, Keeche Indians, Kiowa Apache Indians, Kiowa Indians, Mandan Indians, Mdewakanton Indians , Miami Indians, Modoc Indians, Navajo Indians, Nez Percé Indians, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Oglala Indians, Ojibwa Indians, Omaha Indians, Oohenonpa Indians, Osage Indians, Oto Indians, Ottawa Indians, Pawnee Indians, Pima Indians, Ponca Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Santee Indians , Sauk Indians, Seminole Indians, Seneca Indians, Shahaptian Indians, Shawnee Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Sihasapa Indians, Sisseton Indians , Stockbridge Indians, Tawakoni Indians, Tohono O'odham Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, Western Apache Indians, Wichita Indians, Winnebago Indians, Yankton Indians, Yanktonai Indians, and Yuma Indians, Exterior images consist primarily of informal portraiture, as well as depicting residences and settlements, including the Crow Indian Agency in Montana, 1871; the Pawnee Indian School and buildings at the Pawnee Reserve, Loup Fork, Nebraska, 1871; and a Bannock Indian camp near Fort Hall, Idaho, 1872, An image of two men depicts a seated Dakota Indian, Red Cloud (Ma-Kpe-Ah-Lou-Tah), shaking hands with William Blackmore, May 1872, and Individual photographers with images represented in the album include Charles Milton Bell, Thomas Martin Easterly, Alexander Gardner, Benjamin Gurney, Jeremiah Gurney, William Henry Jackson, James Earle McClees, Antonio Zeno Shindler, Henry Ulke, Julius Ulke, Lee Ulke, Julian Vannerson, and Orloff R. Westmann
Description:
Additional identification information for the majority of images in the album is available through the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland. and Manuscript captions on mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
East (U.S.), Great Lakes Region (North America), Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, Northwest, Pacific, Southern States, Southwest, New, and Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)
Subject (Name):
Bell, C. M. ca. 1849-1893. (Charles Milton),, Blackmore, William, 1827-1878, Easterly, Thomas M. 1809-1882. (Thomas Martin),, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Gurney, Benjamin., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887., Red Cloud, 1822-1909, Shindler, A. Zeno 1823-1899. (Antonio Zeno),, Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910., Ulke, Julius., Ulke, Lee., Vannerson, Julian, b. 1827., Westmann, Orloff R., Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Northern Arapaho Tribe, and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Photographs of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, including views of Santa Fe and Laguna and Taos Pueblos in New Mexico; the trolley lines in Uintah, Utah; winter views of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming; and an Ute Indian encampment in Los Pinos, New Mexico and There are also views of bridges and track along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah, the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company bridge in Canon Diablo, Arizona, and Toltec Gorge, Arizona, along the line of the Denver & Rio Grand Railway
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Letterpress descriptions on verso of some mounts.
Publisher:
W. H. Jackson & Co., or W. H. & E. C. Jackson, Photographers
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico., Santa Fe (N.M.), New Mexico, Uintah (Utah), Utah, Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company., Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company., Union Pacific Railroad Company., and Chain & Hardy Book, Stationery & Art Co. (Denver, Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Pueblo Indians, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, and Pueblos
Group studio portrait, half length, of Ute Native American women in native dress. In front, left to right are: Tachiar, A-Pat-We-Ma, and Ta-Nah; in back, left to right are: Ce-Gie-Che-Ok and To-Wee
Description:
Title hand-lettered on negative., Identification of women from reference sources., and Number 160 appears before title.
