Post by grahamew on Aug 13, 2023 15:00:29 GMT -5
There's an excellent article about these by Joyce Szabo, Mapped Battles and Visual Narratives: The Arrest and Killing of Sitting Bull, in American Indian Art Magazine, Autumn 1996, pp 64-75
Painting attributed to Jaw/His Fight
albuquerque.emuseum.com/objects/24898/the-death-of-sitting-bull?ctx=bb22be393d645d351b6ede311e5b9676868ecb01&idx=0
Another version attributed to Jaw, in the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Like the Stone Man drawings below, there is no suggestion that all the events depicted happened at once; in fact, Sitting Bull appears three times in each: first, at the offering pole, top right; second, being taken from the cabin by the policemen; third, in death. Szabo notes that Sitting Bull's prayer has been transcribed: "Father look at me and be kind to me." The inscriptions may have been adeed shortly after the drawings were completed or even during the process; Szabo notes that more than one hand is repsonsible and there is some discrepancy between the names on one and on the other: Strike the Kettle is identified on the Albuquerque painting, but on the other, he is the rather more prosaic Knock the Bucket; the policemen surrounding Sitting Bull on the SHSND drawing are indentified as Brown Wolf and High Eagle, with Red Tomahawk following, whereas on the Albuquerque version, we have Red Tomahawk and Looking Elk.
Thomas Stone Man, a Yanktonai policeman who was involved in the arrest, produced this around 1920
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/643692
Another version by Stone Man, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1917. As in the above image, near the centre, Sitting Bull appears to be forced to walk between two policeman away from his cabin; below that, he lies dead with his head smashed in by Holy Medicine, one of the policemen, to avenge the death of his relative Arm Strong/Strong Arm Stone Man was, of course, a policeman and he focuses on the police rather than Sitting Bull's followers.
See amertribes.proboards.com/thread/311/sitting-bull-arrest-painting
At some point, Dietmar was able to decipher most of the names
statemuseum.nd.gov/photobook/details?I%20RecID=PH_I_148976
Another by Stone Man, State Historical Society of North Dakota. Note this version has been annotated - I assume on a print or glass plate
Unidentified artist, State Historical Society of North Dakota
In this version, Sitting Bull appears in a Ghost Shirt as one of his followers, presumably Catch the Bear, fires at the policeman, who shoots Sitting Bull - either that or this is just a scenario that played out among others that day
Amos Bad Heart Bull's version. Note Sitting Bull's arms outstretched as he's grabbed by four heavily armed policemen; note also the policeman with his pistol aimed at Sitting Bull's son, Crowfoot, as he lies in bed.
Painting attributed to Jaw/His Fight
albuquerque.emuseum.com/objects/24898/the-death-of-sitting-bull?ctx=bb22be393d645d351b6ede311e5b9676868ecb01&idx=0
Another version attributed to Jaw, in the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Like the Stone Man drawings below, there is no suggestion that all the events depicted happened at once; in fact, Sitting Bull appears three times in each: first, at the offering pole, top right; second, being taken from the cabin by the policemen; third, in death. Szabo notes that Sitting Bull's prayer has been transcribed: "Father look at me and be kind to me." The inscriptions may have been adeed shortly after the drawings were completed or even during the process; Szabo notes that more than one hand is repsonsible and there is some discrepancy between the names on one and on the other: Strike the Kettle is identified on the Albuquerque painting, but on the other, he is the rather more prosaic Knock the Bucket; the policemen surrounding Sitting Bull on the SHSND drawing are indentified as Brown Wolf and High Eagle, with Red Tomahawk following, whereas on the Albuquerque version, we have Red Tomahawk and Looking Elk.
Thomas Stone Man, a Yanktonai policeman who was involved in the arrest, produced this around 1920
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/643692
Another version by Stone Man, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1917. As in the above image, near the centre, Sitting Bull appears to be forced to walk between two policeman away from his cabin; below that, he lies dead with his head smashed in by Holy Medicine, one of the policemen, to avenge the death of his relative Arm Strong/Strong Arm Stone Man was, of course, a policeman and he focuses on the police rather than Sitting Bull's followers.
See amertribes.proboards.com/thread/311/sitting-bull-arrest-painting
At some point, Dietmar was able to decipher most of the names
statemuseum.nd.gov/photobook/details?I%20RecID=PH_I_148976
Another by Stone Man, State Historical Society of North Dakota. Note this version has been annotated - I assume on a print or glass plate
Unidentified artist, State Historical Society of North Dakota
In this version, Sitting Bull appears in a Ghost Shirt as one of his followers, presumably Catch the Bear, fires at the policeman, who shoots Sitting Bull - either that or this is just a scenario that played out among others that day
Amos Bad Heart Bull's version. Note Sitting Bull's arms outstretched as he's grabbed by four heavily armed policemen; note also the policeman with his pistol aimed at Sitting Bull's son, Crowfoot, as he lies in bed.