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This robe was created by Mountain Chief, founder of the Black Horse Society. This robe was collected in 1893 in Great Falls Montana from Mountain Chief, by a Pennsylvania collector. It is accompanied by its original collection label.
Mountain Chief, a noted leader of the South Peigan division of the Blackfoot Nation, was an outstanding war leader and often portrayed in pictographic war records. In the majority of his war exploits he is shown riding a black horse. This was his favorite warhorse which he captured from an enemy camp. The horse became famous due to its fearlessness and fierceness in battle situations. It was of the Cerbat lineage of the Spanish Barb brought by the Spanish to the New World. The lineage was noted for its intelligence and aggressive nature. Mountain Chief's horse was known to attack men in the heat of battle. There is one story still told of how it bit the back of the neck of an enemy that Mountain Chief was chasing down and snapped his neck. Bravery and fierceness have always been traits admired by the Blackfoot in their own people, in enemies, and in animals. When the veterans of World War I returned home, they formed the Black Horse Society in honor of Mountain Chief's horse.
This painted robe contains some of Mountain Chief's war adventures, many of them showing him riding the famous black horse. The circle of tipis on the left, with one striped tipi in the center, shows a shield next to that tipi which Mountain Chief captured on a night raid into an enemy camp. To the right of the circle shows him leaving the circle with three horses in front of him that he also captured (a black, a sorrel and one in green.) The smaller circle of tipis to the upper right of the larger circle shows three riders representing a larger group of Peigans attacking an enemy camp. To the left of that is a single rider on a black horse (Mountain Chief) capturing a bay horse. Directly above that are shown three men killed by him. To the right and above the smaller circle of tipis is a man in a green circle. This represents Mountain Chief being attacked in a stand of willows by a Grizzly Bear. Above that, and drawn upside down on the hide is a man in a circle with a buffalo in front of him and an eagle behind him. This represents Mountain Chief being attacked by a buffalo while he was in an eagle catching pit. Other drawings show him hunting buffalo, horses he captured, and one where he protected a woman from a Grizzly Bear. In the bottom right corner is the story of how he went into an enemy camp and captured his famous black horse from in front of a tipi.
Mountain Chief, a noted leader of the South Peigan division of the Blackfoot Nation, was an outstanding war leader and often portrayed in pictographic war records. In the majority of his war exploits he is shown riding a black horse. This was his favorite warhorse which he captured from an enemy camp. The horse became famous due to its fearlessness and fierceness in battle situations. It was of the Cerbat lineage of the Spanish Barb brought by the Spanish to the New World. The lineage was noted for its intelligence and aggressive nature. Mountain Chief's horse was known to attack men in the heat of battle. There is one story still told of how it bit the back of the neck of an enemy that Mountain Chief was chasing down and snapped his neck. Bravery and fierceness have always been traits admired by the Blackfoot in their own people, in enemies, and in animals. When the veterans of World War I returned home, they formed the Black Horse Society in honor of Mountain Chief's horse.
This painted robe contains some of Mountain Chief's war adventures, many of them showing him riding the famous black horse. The circle of tipis on the left, with one striped tipi in the center, shows a shield next to that tipi which Mountain Chief captured on a night raid into an enemy camp. To the right of the circle shows him leaving the circle with three horses in front of him that he also captured (a black, a sorrel and one in green.) The smaller circle of tipis to the upper right of the larger circle shows three riders representing a larger group of Peigans attacking an enemy camp. To the left of that is a single rider on a black horse (Mountain Chief) capturing a bay horse. Directly above that are shown three men killed by him. To the right and above the smaller circle of tipis is a man in a green circle. This represents Mountain Chief being attacked in a stand of willows by a Grizzly Bear. Above that, and drawn upside down on the hide is a man in a circle with a buffalo in front of him and an eagle behind him. This represents Mountain Chief being attacked by a buffalo while he was in an eagle catching pit. Other drawings show him hunting buffalo, horses he captured, and one where he protected a woman from a Grizzly Bear. In the bottom right corner is the story of how he went into an enemy camp and captured his famous black horse from in front of a tipi.