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Post by rodthomas on Dec 9, 2021 14:14:22 GMT -5
Emily, good day and thank you for adding to and clarifying more about Steps! Hope all is well with you and please enjoy the upcoming holidays...
Regards, Rod Thomas
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Post by rodthomas on Nov 1, 2021 14:23:28 GMT -5
So just got replies from Crow friends..."most likely not Crow" and as noted above, hair, facial markings, clothing "do not appear to be Crow." The dance roach is common throughout. Just as a note of update on my forthcoming biography of White Swan, it is looking like McFarland will have it in print right after the first of the year. Here is link to Fall/Winter catalog for book: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/biilaachia-white-swan/All best, Rod Thomas...
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Post by rodthomas on Nov 1, 2021 12:48:19 GMT -5
Such as?
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Post by rodthomas on Nov 1, 2021 12:32:18 GMT -5
Most likely central Central Plains - Kaw, Omaha, possibly Pawnee, Ponca, Kansa, Osage for example. That's a dance roach he wears along with weasel collar. His actual hair is cut short, not roached in Crow fashion (along with several other northern peoples), and no braids. Facial scarification not known among Crows. All this may also be studio props. Your results may vary as an old friend says. The photo favors an Edward S. Curtis exposure but unfortunately my copies now reside in a library. All the best.
Regards, Rod Thomas
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Post by rodthomas on Sept 27, 2021 10:30:57 GMT -5
Dietmar, thanks! Agree not Curley. BUT, if possible may I have the information on the photos of McIntosh please...along with the images. Thanks! I have a story about him, and Curley, in White Swan's biography.
Hope all is well!
Regards, Rod...
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 30, 2021 14:55:11 GMT -5
Thanks! Just got the email. those files are digitized? Wow...I knew I hadn't found all that could be but this is a treasure hunt! Thanks again and all the best!
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 30, 2021 12:09:03 GMT -5
Carlo, thanks. Where is this document/census to be found? I did not see it in my White Swan research and the Little Big Horn College archivist says they are not aware of it either. Crow records in the NARA system were moved from Seattle to Denver some time ago but I didn't see it there either. Thanks...this is an important source. All the best...
Regards, Rod Thomas
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 30, 2021 12:04:04 GMT -5
Grahamew, thanks! So in 2010, I gave a presentation at the annual Order of the Indian Wars conference on the battle art of the Nez Perce depicting the 1877 campaign. One of my sources was a ledger known as "The Cash Book" collected at the Idaho State Historical Society and in those drawings is one of Itskimzekin. Itskimzekin is his name in Nez Perce and is recorded as such in the ledger. Attached is the depiction of him at the Battle of the Big Hole. "Seeskoomkee" according to Scott Thompson, the author of the primary reference " I Will Tell My War Story: A Pictorial Account of the Nez Perce War" published by the University of Washington Press in 2000, means "ends cut off" or "no hands or feet." Steps was one of the first to discover the soldier attack at White Bird Canyon and was instrumental in the Big Hole fight. Thompson says that while a slave, acquired by trade or force, he was accused of theft. Punishment found him bound in iron shackles and cuffs and suffered severe frostbite resulting in amputation of both legs and right hand. Despite his loss, the Nez Perce found him extremely talented around horses and it was while in guard at the White Bird Canyon camp that he alerted the camp to the soldiers. The source Scott gives for the slavery story is in Robert Ruby and John A. Brown, Indian Slavery in the Pacific Northwest, Arthur Clark company in 1993, pages 232, 247. He did indeed live out his life with the Sitting Bull's band, staying with them even when they returned from Canada. I highly recommend Scott's wonderful book on the ledger. It is considered a classic in these parts...Puget Sound and all! I do hope all is well with everyone given the challenges that seem to be a constant in our lives now...weather, virus, war...take care everyone and please have a great day... Regards, Rod Thomas... Attachments:Scan_Pic0023.tif (1.65 MB)
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 26, 2021 12:10:10 GMT -5
Thanks...I'll keep poking around and let you know if I come up with it or anything about it. Hope all is well...and stay safe.
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 25, 2021 18:17:19 GMT -5
grahamew, howdy! What can you tell me about the "Bolduc Ledger?" I understand it around about three decades ago and am trying to find images. Thanks and have a great day!
Regards, Rod Thomas
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 24, 2021 9:36:24 GMT -5
Has anybody ever seen the "Bolduc Ledger?" I am trying to find out all that I can about it. Just heard of a few weeks back and have not been able to locate anything. Thanks!
Regards, Rod Thomas
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 17, 2021 12:48:53 GMT -5
Yep, been looking for this and a few years back was told it had "disappeared." Looks like it disappeared to public display! Thanks for finding and sending on. Will attempt to get a good high resolution image and let you know what we see. For now, looks like a really fine example.
Regards, Rod...
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Post by rodthomas on Aug 3, 2021 14:48:12 GMT -5
Hi everyone and hope all is well...so not on FB I was alerted to a discussion on the LBH discussion group that Two Leggings was a scout for the 7th CAV in June 1876 and a photograph of Two Leggings was posted as "proof." Can someone with a FB account please check that out and post here? Thanks!
Meanwhile, Biilaachia-White Swan is working through the publication process. More to follow on that as well...all the best.
Rod...
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Post by rodthomas on May 1, 2021 11:01:02 GMT -5
Hi David and great to hear from you. Hopefully all is well there. Standing Bear's process centered around his depiction of an event or person, then he and his friends and even the portrayed individual himself, would sit around the kitchen table in Standing Bear's house and go over the depictions. While fighting garb was probably different, the recognition of the individual in a collective setting/remembrance most likely showed him/them in recognizable dress.
The best way to find out if there are images of high resolution is to contact the holders directly. In the past, I've asked for high resolution for research and usually got them without fee. Nowadays, pandemic and all, that may have changed. I'd love to put the book online but the cost of doing that is beyond me at this time. Sorry, but it is the only way I know of at the moment to get the larger images. Almost all the artwork for the White Swan book has restrictions about enlargements, cropping, etc. However, a few granted such permission/approval but added additional fees to do so. I've found those restrictions for use to be more prevalent now from almost all holders.
Again, great to hear from you and please stay safe and stay well.
Regards, Rod...
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Post by rodthomas on Apr 25, 2021 12:33:19 GMT -5
It is surprising what one learns when one comes down off last stand hill and becomes aware of the lives of the people other than in the regiment. Uncovering White Swan's life showed that in spades. I hope the biography, due out this coming fall from McFarland Publishing, will encourage more such journeys.
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