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Post by Dietmar on Jun 13, 2012 10:14:08 GMT -5
The Smithsonian has a photo of Bird Wild Hog by Christian Barthelmess online: Notes: "The Wild Hog on the list of Casey's scouts was Bird Wild Hog, whose father was one of the headmen under Little Wolfand Dull Knife, leaders of the Northern Cheyenne break from Indian Territory in 1879. Mari Sandoz says (Cheyenne Autumn, XV) that the senior Wild Hog was a 'big broad man with a broad humerous face', and that the son was named Little or Young Hog. Christian Barthlemess, in identifying a photograph he took of the son, wrote the name as "Hetch (Hedge) Hog." Casey Barthelmess remembers him as an unusually expert dancer, much admired by women. His discharge, dated at Fort Keogh May 15, 1891, said he born in Wyoming, was twenty-two years old, six feet tall, copper complexion, black hair and eyes, and by occupation when enlisted (September 18, 1890) a hunter. Bird Wild Hog died August 31, 1940. His widow Lydia, daughter of old Little Wolf, was killed at Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1958 -- when she was ninety --by an automobile." pages 110-11, Frink & Barthelmess.
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 15, 2012 15:38:40 GMT -5
Wild Hog Jr. is wearing a fine Grass Dance outfit. I can see a tobacco bag hanging on his left side but I can't seem to identify the dark image on his right. He must hold office as of one of the Whistle men who control the singers performance. The whistle is prominent in the photo. LouieG
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Post by Dietmar on Jun 16, 2012 9:19:56 GMT -5
Here´s a profile view of Bird Wild Hog. It´s a colored version of the Huffman photo (colors might not be correct), but you can see the pipe bag very clearly. Interestingly, the inscription called Wild Hog "Snake Whistle". "Snake Whistle, a young Cheyenne in Dance Costume, Fort Keogh 1880, L.A. Huffman, Post Photographer"
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Post by chicheman on Jun 17, 2012 13:43:37 GMT -5
Interesting photo´s of Wild Hog and his son, Dietmar.
I always wondered if his name, Wild Hog, was given Bird Wild Hog´s father by white people, or if that was his real Cheyenne name ? Since "wild hogs"were not native to the US originally I think and not on the Plains at all probably.
chicheman
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