The Charles L. Wilson Collection

[grahamew]

"Born in West Virginia, Wilson lived in Kansas most of his life, residing in St. George, Manhattan, Miltonvale and Topeka. Little is known about how and why he acquired the cartes-de-visite. Notations on many of them suggest they were procured in Indian Territory; some notations also indicate that Wilson was a member of Company L of the Kansas Eleventh Cavalry. Because that regiment disbanded several years before the images were made, his military service was probably unrelated to acquisition of the photos. The Wilson collection is characterized by the unique style in which each carte-de-visite is mounted. The mounts obscure whatever photographer's imprint may exist on the original cards. More than one photographer is represented in the collection; however, many of the images can either definitely be attributed to Will Soule or are deemed likely to be his work."

www.kansasmemory.org/category/12594

The collection contains a lot of less=well known Soule's, though it's possible that some of them are by Bliss.


Kiowa man


Southern Cheyenne man


Quats, Kichai (though I've seen this one identified as an Arapaho)


Tauankia, son of Lone Wolf, Kiowa


Presumably Kiowa Apache men


Catinpait, Kiowa


Kiowa


Big Horse and family, Southern Cheyenne


Kohto, Kiowa


Two Kiowa women


Otskits - Kichai


Pacer, Kiowa Apache


Comanche man and woman


Kichai man and woman


Kicking Bird, Kiowa


Tsa'laute,Satanta's son, Kiowa


Comanche men


Kicking Bird, Kiowa

[Dietmar]

Thank you Grahame,

these are wonderful scans. I checked the Kansas Memory site and found also some interesting Bliss photos.

Catinpait and Kohto are names I can´t find in any of my books about Kiowa history. Does anyone know who they were?

Btw, great to have another image of Tauankia!