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A PHOTOGRAPH OF CHIEF RED CLOUD
BY BARRY
ALBUMEN PRINT. A PORTRAIT OF THE OGLALA SIOUX CHIEF WEARING A FULL EAGLE HEAD DRESS AND A BREASTPLATE COMPOSED OF BONE "HAIR PIPE" BEADS. CHIEF RED CLOUD WAS KNOWN AS A FIERCE WARRIOR, AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE SIOUX NATIONS FORCED THE UNITED STATES TO CONCEDE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY IN AND AROUND BLACK HILLS. THE AGREEMENT WAS KNOWN AS THE FAMOUS FORT LARAMIE TREATY OF 1868, WHICH WAS LATER BROKEN BY GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER.
8 X 6 IN. (21.6 X 16.5 CM.)
BY BARRY
ALBUMEN PRINT. A PORTRAIT OF THE OGLALA SIOUX CHIEF WEARING A FULL EAGLE HEAD DRESS AND A BREASTPLATE COMPOSED OF BONE "HAIR PIPE" BEADS. CHIEF RED CLOUD WAS KNOWN AS A FIERCE WARRIOR, AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE SIOUX NATIONS FORCED THE UNITED STATES TO CONCEDE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY IN AND AROUND BLACK HILLS. THE AGREEMENT WAS KNOWN AS THE FAMOUS FORT LARAMIE TREATY OF 1868, WHICH WAS LATER BROKEN BY GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER.
8 X 6 IN. (21.6 X 16.5 CM.)
Provenance
COLLECTION OF CHARLES F. FISH, SOUTH SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS. THROUGH THE FAMILY BY DESCENT.
Exhibited
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EUGENICS EXHIBIT OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 22 TO OCTOBER 22, 1921.