Background to this Photo - Apache Riders?

[dT]

Greetings.
I have not seen this photo before ... but I am sure it's probably been posted here at some time.
The riders are identified as Apache. One man sitting up high appears to have moccasins with toes that are curled up - Chiricahua? Can anyone tell me who these folks are, and the circumstances behind the photo? thanks, dT



P.S. Will try to post photo using the new rules for this stuff.

[kayitah]

It's indeed a very nice photograph.

It was made by E.S. Curtis at White River AZ, c. 1907, so I suppose they are White Mountain Apache.

Curtis also photographed Geronimo in March 1907 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, right before Geronimo participated in Theodore Roosevelt's inauguration parade. I don't know of any other photos of Chiricahuas by Curtis, and I don't think there are any.

Follow this link for more photos by Curtis, including that of Geronimo azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/search/collection/acmcurtis

[dT]

thanks Kayitah!

dT