Photos for book Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway
Mar 15, 2019 15:53:52 GMT -5
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Post by kraft on Mar 15, 2019 15:53:52 GMT -5
My name is Louis Kraft, and I'm writer of Indian wars nonfiction. My last book was Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek (University of Oklahoma Press, AKA OU Press, 2011) and my next book will be Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway (OU Press, spring 2020). I delivered my polished manuscript to Adam Kane, editor-in-chief at OU Press, on January 14; and I'm currently assembling photos and art for the book. Adam confirmed that "OU Press is a non-profit entity and the print run will be 2,000 copies." He also told me: "Ideally we [OU Press] would like world wide rights in all forms and all languages." At the moment it will only be in English.
The manuscript begins with the Cheyennes arrival on what would become the North American continent, their and the Arapahos movement onto the Great Plains and adapting the horse and buffalo culture, the arrival of the white man, the lead-up to the Sand Creek massacre, the attack, and the aftermath, which continues into 1869 and the end of their freedom.
For the record I present the major and supporting players from their point of view (POV), and use their words and actions whenever possible (and this includes women) as I want the readers to make their own decisions about the key people (large and small) who drove the events toward conclusion (and not me). The manuscript moves forward through the POV of the Cheyennes and Arapahos, the whites that married into the tribes (especially the Cheyennes), their offspring, the whites that coveted Indian land, victims on both sides, and those who dared to speak out against Sand Creek. Close to three-quarters of the manuscript takes place before the attack on the Sand Creek village on November 29, 1864, and again it doesn't conclude until 1869.
I'm struggling to locate and secure the right to use three images I can't find that I want in the book: 1) John Evans while governor of Colorado Territory (1862-1865); 2) Interpreter John Smith w/Cheyenne Chiefs Lean Bear (Starving Bear), Warbonnet, and Standing in the Water, while en route to Washington D.C. in 1863; and 3) Arapaho Chiefs Neva and Standing Wolf also traveling to Washington D.C. in 1863. I’ve attached low-resolution images of the above photos. Below I list everything I know about these images.
1. John Evans photo that supposedly dates to when he was governor of Colorado Territory (1862-1865), and was from historian Harry Kelsey's bio on Evans titled Frontier Capitalist: The Life of John Evans (Denver: State Historical Society of Colorado and the Pruett Publishing Company, 1969, in which he credited the Colorado Historical Society for the image), and from an article of his titled "Background to Sand Creek" (Colorado Magazine 45, no. 4, Fall 1968). The Colorado Historical Society is now History Colorado and they have told me they don't have the image.
2. Interpreter John Smith stood for a portrait with three Southern Cheyenne chiefs: Lean Bear, AKA Starving Bear, also standing; Warbonnet (sitting right); and Standing in the Water. They accompanied Cheyenne and Arapaho agent Samuel Colley to Washington D.C. in March 1863, to meet with President Abraham Lincoln. They posed for a photograph at the studio of C. Noell and Alfred Addis in Leavenworth, Kansas, while en route to the capitol city. I pulled the Smith/three Cheyenne Chiefs image from James Mooney, and Father Peter J. Powell, ed. In Sun’s Likeness and Power: Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, 1:144. It is unfortunately simply listed as “NAA, Smithsonian Institution.” The Smithsonian claims they don’t have the photo and I can’t find it anywhere.
3. Arapahos Neva and Standing Wolf while en route to Washington D.C. to meet with Lincoln in spring 1863. It was also taken at the C. Noell and Alfred Addis Studio at the same time of the Smith-Lean Bear-Warbonnet-Standing in the Water image.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
If a private party owns one of these images and is agreeable to it being in the book I can offer them a restored digital file of their photo, an 8x10 print, and Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway as soon as it is published.
The manuscript begins with the Cheyennes arrival on what would become the North American continent, their and the Arapahos movement onto the Great Plains and adapting the horse and buffalo culture, the arrival of the white man, the lead-up to the Sand Creek massacre, the attack, and the aftermath, which continues into 1869 and the end of their freedom.
For the record I present the major and supporting players from their point of view (POV), and use their words and actions whenever possible (and this includes women) as I want the readers to make their own decisions about the key people (large and small) who drove the events toward conclusion (and not me). The manuscript moves forward through the POV of the Cheyennes and Arapahos, the whites that married into the tribes (especially the Cheyennes), their offspring, the whites that coveted Indian land, victims on both sides, and those who dared to speak out against Sand Creek. Close to three-quarters of the manuscript takes place before the attack on the Sand Creek village on November 29, 1864, and again it doesn't conclude until 1869.
I'm struggling to locate and secure the right to use three images I can't find that I want in the book: 1) John Evans while governor of Colorado Territory (1862-1865); 2) Interpreter John Smith w/Cheyenne Chiefs Lean Bear (Starving Bear), Warbonnet, and Standing in the Water, while en route to Washington D.C. in 1863; and 3) Arapaho Chiefs Neva and Standing Wolf also traveling to Washington D.C. in 1863. I’ve attached low-resolution images of the above photos. Below I list everything I know about these images.
1. John Evans photo that supposedly dates to when he was governor of Colorado Territory (1862-1865), and was from historian Harry Kelsey's bio on Evans titled Frontier Capitalist: The Life of John Evans (Denver: State Historical Society of Colorado and the Pruett Publishing Company, 1969, in which he credited the Colorado Historical Society for the image), and from an article of his titled "Background to Sand Creek" (Colorado Magazine 45, no. 4, Fall 1968). The Colorado Historical Society is now History Colorado and they have told me they don't have the image.
2. Interpreter John Smith stood for a portrait with three Southern Cheyenne chiefs: Lean Bear, AKA Starving Bear, also standing; Warbonnet (sitting right); and Standing in the Water. They accompanied Cheyenne and Arapaho agent Samuel Colley to Washington D.C. in March 1863, to meet with President Abraham Lincoln. They posed for a photograph at the studio of C. Noell and Alfred Addis in Leavenworth, Kansas, while en route to the capitol city. I pulled the Smith/three Cheyenne Chiefs image from James Mooney, and Father Peter J. Powell, ed. In Sun’s Likeness and Power: Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, 1:144. It is unfortunately simply listed as “NAA, Smithsonian Institution.” The Smithsonian claims they don’t have the photo and I can’t find it anywhere.
3. Arapahos Neva and Standing Wolf while en route to Washington D.C. to meet with Lincoln in spring 1863. It was also taken at the C. Noell and Alfred Addis Studio at the same time of the Smith-Lean Bear-Warbonnet-Standing in the Water image.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
If a private party owns one of these images and is agreeable to it being in the book I can offer them a restored digital file of their photo, an 8x10 print, and Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway as soon as it is published.
