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Post by Dietmar on Nov 11, 2017 6:48:50 GMT -5
I totally agree, Grahame. I´m just about to check which of the listed photos we know already. The majority of the pictures are available online, but from various sources, archives and auction sites.
Unfortunately I haven´t seen a list of the first 100 of Morrow´s "Photographic Gems of the North-West" series yet.
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 7:26:49 GMT -5
here´s the first round of Morrow pictures. I´ll post the rest later...: 101 Pretty Horse, daughter of White Bull, chief of the Sans Arc (Sioux.) 102 Ma-to-wa-ca, or Medicine Bear, chief of the Upper Yanktonai (Sioux) 103 White Bull, To-Tan-ga-ska, chief of the Sans Arc (Sioux.) [there is at least one similar picture of White Bull from the same shooting which also could be No.103]104 Indian agent with White Bull and entire family. 105 Pretty Sea Shells, daughter of White Bull 106 Unc-pa-pa bride [Sioux] 107 Cut Head Warrior in war costume, [Sioux] [this photo of Medicine Bear is possibly the photo Morrow labeled 'Cut Head Warrior'] [no picture yet] 108 Sioux graves – buried in a tree. 109 Sioux graves – buried on poles. 110 Yanktonai [Sioux] chiefs, Black Eye, Bloody Mouth, Afraif of Bear. 111 Sioux pappoose asleep, bound in crib. 112 Scene on Ponca Creek – Indians boating. 113 Indian agent with the chiefs of the Ponca nation. 114 Antone, chief of the Ponca half breeds. {Antoine Primeaux aka Lone Chief aka He-Alone-Is-Chief] 115 Titon warrior in war paint [Sioux] [this man could also be a Ponca]116 Unc-pa-pa squaw – Sioux nation. 117 Standing Bear, with bear claw necklace, and in war paint – Sioux. [this is the Ponca chief Standing Bear] 118 Big Breast Plate, Sioux warrior in war costume. [also likely a Ponca]119 Red Cloud, the notorious chief of the Ogalallah Sioux. 120 Red Leaf, chief of the Loafer band of Sioux, in war costume. [Red Leaf was a Wazhazha]121 Mandan village (dirt lodges), Ft. Berthold, supposed descendants of a Welch colony. 122 Big Snake, Ponca warrior, with tomahawk. 123 Red River carts made without iron – tires of raw hide. 124 Bull boat made of raw buffalo hide. 125 Sacred Blanket, Santee Sioux squaw, 133 years old. 126 Arickaree Medicine lodge – dirt – Fort Berthold, Dakota.
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 8:51:18 GMT -5
No. 127 - 139: 127 Gros Ventre Chiefs, Fort Berthold, Dakota. [Crow's Breast & Lean Wolf, Hidatsa]128 Issuing annuities to the three Nations, Fort Berthold, Dakota. [no picture yet] 129 issuing annuities to the Three nations – instantaneous. 130 Gros Ventres Medicine Lodge, Fort Berthold – dirt lodge. 131 Spotted Tail – Sin-te-ga-lis-ka – chief of the brule Sioux – assassinated by Crow Dog. 132 Crazy in the Lodge, head warrior under Spotted Tail. 133 Fast Bear, head warrior of the Loafer band of Sioux. [aka Quick Bear, a Wazhazha]134 Two Strike, second chief of the Brule Sioux. 135 Yellowstone Kelly, scout and trapper. 136 Yellowstone Kelly, setting traps for beaver. 137 Indian discovers Kelly’s trail. 138 Kelly examining Indian footprints. 139 Kelly in hand-to-hand struggle with a savage.
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Post by grahamew on Nov 13, 2017 12:27:44 GMT -5
Thanks, Dietmar, I hadn't seen some of these. I'm thinking that Big Breast Plate and the 'Titon' warrior are in the Ponca group with the agent, though I have Big Breast Plate as Upper Yanktonai. I have this labelled as Cut Head Warrior in War Costume and thoughjt it might have been 101 until I aw the annotation on your copy of Medicine Bear: Another Ponca, I suspect. Looks like the same tomahawk
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 13:57:24 GMT -5
I´ve seen the Ponca man above labelled as "Shawana with his tomahawk" in an old history book, but I doubt this is accurate.
I´m wondering if he could be the Ponca called Good Boy, who I remember for his high hairline, although I´m not sure.
However, he could be in the 'scene on Ponca Creek' (No. 112).
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 14:05:58 GMT -5
No. 141 - 159: 141 Assinaboine Sioux village at the mouth of the Yellowstone. 142 Minneconjeaux Chiefs – Sioux – in council costume. Were in Custer’s Massacre. [Crazy Bull & Prairie Chicken, Hidatsa]143 Brule Chiefs – Sioux - in council costume. Were in Custer’s Massacre. [Porcupine & Antelope, Hidatsa]144 Ogalallah Chiefs – Sioux – in council costume. [The Warrander & Son Of Crow's Breast, Hidatsa]
145 Unc-pa-che-na warriors – Sioux – armed with repeating rifles. [Energy Searcher & Lean Man, Hidatsa]146 First and second Chiefs of the Mandans, descendants of a colony of Welch. [Red Cow & Bad Gun aka Rushing Eagle, Mandan]147 Blackfoot Warriors – Sioux – were in Custer’s Massacre. [Running Face and Little Bull, Mandan]148 Arickaree Village – dirt lodges – Fort Berthold, D.T. 149 Group – Indian Agent with all Chiefs of the Yankton Sioux. [no picture yet] 150 Wahpeton Squaws – Sioux – Fort Wadsworth, D.T. 151 Sisseton Squaws – Sioux – Fort Totten, D.T. 152 First and Second Chiefs of the Mandans, tattooed all over. [Red Cow & Bad Gun, Mandan][no picture] 153 Sioux Tipi or wigwam among the willows; winter quarters. 154 Winnebago warriors in full costume. 155 Sioux Camp, in suburbs of Yankton. [no picture] 156 Cheyenne warriors in full costume. 157 Bannock Prisoners captured by General Miles, 1879. 158 Cheyenne medicine Lodge on the Yellowstone. 159 and 159 1-2 General view of the Cheyenne village.
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 15:00:06 GMT -5
No. 160 - 184: [no picture] 160 Squaws pitching tipi. 161 Bannock Prisoner. [no picture] 162 Cheyenne Warriors in council costume. [no picture] 163 Buckskin Lodge, showing entrance. 164 Cheyenne Village on the Yellowstone. 165 Curing buffalo hides – Cheyenne village. [no picture] 166 Buffalo hides hung up to dry – Cheyenne village. [no picture] 167 Cheyenne Squaws making buckskin Lodge. [no picture] 168 Cheyenne Squaws dressing robes. 169 Jerking buffalo meat, Yellowstone river. [no picture] 170 Sioux Squaws captured from Sitting Bull. 171 Crow Squaw, dress trimmed with Elk teeth 172 Squaws curing buffalo hides, Yellowstone river. [no picture] 173 Cheyenne warrior in full costume. [no picture] 174 Cheyenne warriors in fancy costumes, and armed. 175 Titon Sioux in council costume and war bonnets. 176 Crow warrior and bride. 177 Iron Bull, chief of the Crow Nation. 178 Crow squaw, summer costume, nude to the waist. [no picture] 179 Crow squaw, summer costume, mother of a large family. [no picture] 180 Crow bride in summer costume. 181 Young Crow squaw in summer costume. 182 Crow squaw in summer costume. 183 Squaws curing robes and making buckskin. 184 Bannock Squaw, Prisoner at Fort Keogh, Montana.
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 13, 2017 15:40:22 GMT -5
The Crow warrior in No. 176 in my opinion looks like a young White-Man-Runs-Him.
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Post by kingsleybray on Nov 13, 2017 17:19:25 GMT -5
amazing work, dietmar and grahame -- thanks so much. Every now and then I see a photo -- no. 176, the Crow warrior is a good example here -- and I think somewhere in the DNA background is much European/Euroamerican blood. The photo of the ??Ponca warrior posted by grahamew is another example.
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Post by grahamew on Nov 14, 2017 2:23:05 GMT -5
It's those Templars, ancient Irish, Welshmmen or Basques, Kingsley! Here's the photo of the 'Oglala' chiefs, though I think I have a better version somewhere: Is this our high-foreheaded Ponca? I found this list of Morrow photos on ebay; it was on the back of this: Instead of Cheyenne women, it was No. 183 - Crow women curing robes and making buckskin. Good call on White Man Runs Him. The 'Oglala' in better resolution:
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 14, 2017 8:49:46 GMT -5
Thanks Grahame. I´ve updated my list above.
I can see the resemblance to the tomahawk guy, but I guess the daguerreotype or whatever it is must had been taken years earlier than the morrow picture, mustn´t it?
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 14, 2017 9:26:35 GMT -5
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Post by grahamew on Nov 14, 2017 13:54:33 GMT -5
A few maybes... I had the Sisseton women on a card with these women and wonder if they're the Wahpeton in No. 150. They're not numbered as such, but the Sisseton women have a different number too... Maybe this is 168 because it's certainly from that series in the Cheyenne village: Here's a version of 145 in better resolution: and 164: While this doesn't have a number, I wonder if it's 170 - Sioux women captured from Sitting Bull:
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 16, 2017 11:14:42 GMT -5
Cowan´s page calls it "a group portrait of eight Sisseton Squaws", but who knows. Do the buildings in the background belong to Fort Totten?
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 16, 2017 11:48:27 GMT -5
129 Issuing annuities to the Three nations – instantaneous:
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