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Lot 229
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
Price Realized
$540
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Lot Description
A group of 4 CDVs of Sioux Chief Little Crow and his son, who were involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota, incl. images by WHITNEY & UPTON.
4 CDVs on cardstock mounts credited to J.E. Whitney, St. Paul, MN (2) and B.F. Upton (2). The subjects, most identified on rectos, include:
Little Crow, with subtitle, "Sioux Chief and leader of the Dakota Uprising of 1862, in Minnesota." -- 2 cartes of Little Crow's Son, Wo-Wi-Na-Pe, aka One Who Comes in Sight. Whitney example with subtitle, "Taken prisoner by the Military Expedition, under command of Brig. Gen. Sibley, 1863." -- Outdoor view of Little Crow's son and other Dakota men while they were held in captivity at Fort Snelling, 1863-1864.
Minnesota was home to thousands of Native Americans in 1862, many of whom were disenchanted with the government's promise for annuities. In August of that year, a number of the Dakota were starving; on the 18th, Indians at the Lower Agency attacked the white settlers there. Over the next few weeks hundreds of whites were killed, until the uprising was finally put down by Federal troops under the command of Henry Sibley. Mdewakanton Sioux Chief Little Crow was the recognized leader of the Dakota War, and with some 200 to 300 tribesmen, he eventually fled westward. Little Crow was shot and killed by a white settler on 3 July 1863.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

