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Post by jinlian on Oct 8, 2008 16:31:41 GMT -5
In 1921, Washington: With Italian general Armando Diaz At the ceremony for the Unknown Soldier (First WW) With president Harding and other Crow chiefs In Montana, Crow reservation, with French Marshal Ferdinand Foch
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Post by jinlian on Oct 8, 2008 16:35:15 GMT -5
At the Crow agency ( sitting near him is Big Medicine, wearing a policeman hat)
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Post by jinlian on Oct 8, 2008 16:37:36 GMT -5
Two photos taken at Catholic St. Xavier Mission: In 1920 In 1929 (Plenty Coups was baptized Catholic as Henry Plenty Coups and was buried with the full rites of the Catholic Church)
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Post by jinlian on Oct 8, 2008 16:43:11 GMT -5
In 1928 together with movie star William Hart, "Two Gun Bill" 1927, with Max Big Man at the Little Big Horn Memorial Around 1925 (with hat and sunglasses)
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Post by jinlian on Oct 8, 2008 16:45:34 GMT -5
His last photograph, January 1932
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Post by jinlian on Oct 17, 2008 16:25:06 GMT -5
I've alreayd posted this in the "Chief Pretty Eagle" thread, but it's nice to have it in its full version (on the back of it it is written "taken at Fort Custer, November 5th 1887) This one was instead taken around 1920
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Post by grahamew on Nov 6, 2008 13:24:42 GMT -5
From the Glenbow archives: Plenty Coups on the (Montana) Piegan reservation, attending a Sun Dance. Usually, the Glenbow is pretty good on details of photos, but occasionally they're well off the mark. I'm not sure of the circumstances, but this is clearly Plenty Coups.
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Post by jinlian on Nov 15, 2008 9:30:07 GMT -5
Hi Grahame,
I saw this photograph some time ago and I've been studying it for a while. If I'm correct, the Indian standing third from left should be identified with Apsalooka leader Bull Nose (we had a picture of him in the Crow individuals thread). If so, there's a really strong possibility that the picture was taken in the fall of 1885, when a Crow delegation visited the Blackfeet agency for a "peace conference" to ripristinate friendly relations after many Blackfeet horse-stealing raids and the murder of two Piegans in the Judith Basin (1880) had broken the truce concluded in 1875 in Cypress Hills (Saskatchewan). For sure, Bull Nose led the 1885 delegation, but I don't know if Plenty Coups was among the younger leaders who accompanied him. Anyway, I'm waiting for 3 books on Crow history from the States - if there are other info about this event, I'll post them here.
(p.s. I don't know what the Piegan call a "Sun Dance" - for sure, it wasn't a Crow Sun Dance, as among the Apsalooka this ceremony is basically a prayer and a call for revenge).
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 17, 2008 20:14:49 GMT -5
Jinlian,
Do you know anything more about the photo taken at Fort Custer? Friends of ours own the property on which the fort once stood, and I know a lot of Army artifacts have been found there. I hadn't thought of Crow being there and am wondering about the circumstance.
Thanks! Diane
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Post by jinlian on Nov 18, 2008 6:48:05 GMT -5
Diane, the date of the photograph (November 5th 1887) indicates that the photograph was taken in the immediate aftermath of the so-called Sword Bearer uprising, which caused maybe the greatest concentration of military forces in the Crow Agency. Fort Custer, established in 1877 and located in the nearbies of the Crow agency buildings, was one of the first new army posts in the Absaroka agency and many Crow warriors served as scouts there, often taking their families along and maybe doing some trading there. I wouldn't be surprised if, along with the army's, Crow artifacts would be found in the area. For all's worth, here are two other shots taken at Fort Custer: Chief Pretty Eagle and family Crow prisoners after the Sword Bearer uprising - this photograph was probably taken in the same session of the Plenty Coups oneHere's a map showing the location of Fort Custer respect to agency settlement: Hope this helps.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 19, 2008 18:51:57 GMT -5
Thanks very much. I'll ask them if they've found anything from the Crow. The land is farmed now, so a lot of things are turned up in the process. I know they've found tons of cartridge shells, buttons, etc., but I don't remember them mentioning Crow items.
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Post by jinlian on Dec 21, 2008 13:43:55 GMT -5
A late (between 1910 and 1920) photograph of Plenty Coups - don't have a clue about the photographer - Dixon, maybe?
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Post by jinlian on Jan 1, 2009 19:08:52 GMT -5
A companion of the Plenty Coups- Bear Claw photograph posted earlier by Dietmar; here we have only Plenty Coups: update: both photographs are by Fred Miller.
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Post by jinlian on Jan 25, 2009 7:05:26 GMT -5
From the 1909 Wanamaker's "Last Great Indian Council":
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Post by jinlian on Mar 9, 2009 17:25:50 GMT -5
Close-up of the above Fort Custer group photo (1887) Left to right: Pretty Eagle, Spotted Horse, Plenty Coups.
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