Photograph album by an unidentified photographer of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians, probably taken in or around the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Canadian County, Oklahoma. The outdoor scenes include a large number of family groups, women, and children, many identified with Americanized names, There are also notable images of the baptism of a Kiowa man, the "crow dance," meat drying on racks, Arapaho school girls, and a single image of what appear to be not Indian women but white woman dressed in Indian clothing, identified as "Calumet Squaws" (Calument was a town close to the agency)., and Internal evidence suggests that the album dates before 1902 (the year White Antelope, who is portrayed, died).
Description:
Individual photographs measure 10 x 12.5 cm, and have manuscript captions and numbers. and Accompanied by 100 modern copy prints.
Subject (Geographic):
Oklahoma and Darlington (Okla.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Cheyenne Indians, Arapaho Indians, Kiowa Indians, Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency (Okla.), Baptism, Missionaries, and Indian reservations
Wearing a traditional Franciscan habit, the friar Antonio Margil (who was venerated in 1836) holds a crucifix in his left hand, to which he points with his right, as he preaches to a group of exotically dressed Native Americans in an outdoor setting
Alternative Title:
Vera effigies venerabilis servi dei patris Antonii Margil
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Cataloger unable to make precise identification of artist; possibly Francesco Cecchi?
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Margil de Jesús, Antonio, 1657-1726
Subject (Topic):
Missionaries, Indians of North America, and Missions
