[WOUNDED KNEE]. A group of 7 photographs related to the Wounded Knee Massacre. Chadron, NE: Northwestern Photographic Co., ca 1890s.

7 photographs, 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. or smaller, on cardstock mounts. Most with verso imprint advertising Trager & Ford's epilepsy-curing water from Minne Pazuta and Northwestern Photographic Company's views of "Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War" including the "Wounded Knee Battle." Most captioned and/or copyrighted in the negative. No photographer listed, but most likely captured by George Trager.

Captions include: "Chief Standing Elk, 1st Lieut. to Chief Little Wound / Black Horse." -- "Pine Ridge Agcy S.D. North View," with "No Flesh" in the foreground. -- "Chief Young Man Afraid of his Horses and Village." -- "Chief Young Man Afraid of his Horses and his Tepee taken at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D., Jan. 17th 1891." -- "Leaders of the Hostile Indians at Pine Ridge Agcy, S.D.," including Chief Two Strike, Chief Crow Dog, and Chief High Hawk. -- Good Lance, Big Talk, Frank Gerrard, Kicking Bear, and Two Strike. -- Kicking Bear, Young Man Afraid of his Horses, and She Dog. -- Together, 7 photographs.

Young Man Afraid of His Horses was a leading Oglala chief who supported the policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. On 7 January 1891 at the request of General Miles he visited the stronghold of the Ghost Dancers and persuaded many of the Oglala Indians to return to the agency. This temporarily diffused the situation and started a wave of defections which contributed to their final surrender of the dancers on 15 January.

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

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Prints with varying degrees of toning, spotting, dampstaining, and edge/corner wear; mounts with toning, soiling, and edge/corner wear.

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[WOUNDED KNEE]. A group of 7 photographs related to the Wounded Knee Massacre. Chadron, NE: Northwestern Photographic Co., ca 1890s.

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