Post by ephriam on Nov 29, 2015 9:01:10 GMT -5
A couple of years ago, Graham posted this image from the New York Public Library (Dennis Collection). Several folks recognized various Arikara and Mandan leaders -- including Rushing Bear, Crow Breast, and others, and speculated that there were also Yanktonai present. Graham speculated that the photograph was taken in the late 1860s or early 1870s. Dietmar wondered if the photograph might have been taken by Stanley J. Morrow.
If you look in the background, you can establish where the photograph was taken and thereby narrow the time frame to the early 1870s. Notice the businesses -- all of which operated in Bismarck in the early 1870s including John Eegen's City Bakery, Thomas McGowan's Dakota House, and Marshall & Campbell's shoe store. This tells us that this photograph was taken on Front Street in Bismarck. While Morrow is a candidate for the photographer, could also be an early image by Goff who was operating in Bismarck during this time frame.
I wonder if we can identify some other leaders in this image and perhaps narrow down when it was taken even further.
I wondered if the man in the fur turban was Red Dog, though there are other images of Lakota and Yanktonai leaders in similar headgear. (If it was Red Dog, that would date the photograph to August 1872). A small delegation went to Indian Territory in 1874 and a large delegation from Fort Berthold passed through Bismarck in June 1875 to sign a peace treaty with the Lakota from Standing Rock. A small delegation went to Washington, D.C. in 1875. What does everyone think?
If you look in the background, you can establish where the photograph was taken and thereby narrow the time frame to the early 1870s. Notice the businesses -- all of which operated in Bismarck in the early 1870s including John Eegen's City Bakery, Thomas McGowan's Dakota House, and Marshall & Campbell's shoe store. This tells us that this photograph was taken on Front Street in Bismarck. While Morrow is a candidate for the photographer, could also be an early image by Goff who was operating in Bismarck during this time frame.
I wonder if we can identify some other leaders in this image and perhaps narrow down when it was taken even further.
I wondered if the man in the fur turban was Red Dog, though there are other images of Lakota and Yanktonai leaders in similar headgear. (If it was Red Dog, that would date the photograph to August 1872). A small delegation went to Indian Territory in 1874 and a large delegation from Fort Berthold passed through Bismarck in June 1875 to sign a peace treaty with the Lakota from Standing Rock. A small delegation went to Washington, D.C. in 1875. What does everyone think?
