Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), ca. 1849-1893. Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882. Gurney, Benjamin. Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895. Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887. Shindler, A. Zen
Published / Created:
1876
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and consist p
Description:
Numbers on photographs correspond to those in the Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians / by W. H. Jackson, photographer of the survey. -- Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1877 (U.S. Geological and geographical survey of the territo
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brule Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota I, and Indians of North America
The journal describes the expedition, under Col. John Gibbon's command, which marched down the Yellowstone to join Gen. Terry and Gen. Custer. It records councils with the Crow Indians, meeting Terry, arriving at the site of Custer's massacre, caring for the wounded, and burying the dead. The expedition marched back to the Rosebud, joined Crook's command pursuing Indians, and returned to Fort Shaw. There is a map of the battlefield.
Description:
Corroborates the account of Lt. William L. English (WA MSS 171)., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Henry Blanchard Freeman, captain in command of six companies of the 7th Infantry., and Original binding.
Subject (Name):
Freeman, Henry Blanchard,--1837-1915., Gibbon, John,--1827-1896., and United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 7th.
Subject (Topic):
Black Hills War, 1876-1877., Crow Indians, and Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Maps.
