American Historical Ephemera & Photography

5 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (toning, soiling, right print partially separated from mount at top right; some surface abrasions/surface loss to mount, corner and edge wear to mount). Series title "Northern Pacific Views" and F. Jay Haynes' Fargo [DT] imprint to recto. Period ink identification on verso, "W.H. DeGroff." 

Following the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Northern Teton Lakota alliance led by Sitting Bull crossed into Canada to seek asylum at Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan. Gradually, various bands of the alliance returned to the United States where they surrendered at Fort Keogh, MT, Fort Buford, DT, and other locations. In late July 1881, Sitting Bull was the last of the Sioux leaders to surrender. He had been expected at Fort Buford for several weeks. Haynes, apparently trying to get a photographic "scoop" since no photo of the chief had appeared in the United States, crossed into Saskatchewan to intercept the refugees. He missed the party, however, and had to content himself with this picture of his Assiniboine guide posed in front of an abandoned shelter of branches. The man is well-armed with a Model 1866 Winchester carbine.