Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians Part 7

253. PE-JI'. _Gra.s.s._ (Profile.) BLACKFEET.

254. PE-JI'. _Gra.s.s._ (Full-length.) BLACKFEET.

255. KAN-GI'-I-YO'-TAN-KA. _Sitting Crow._ (Front.) BLACKFEET.

256. KAN-GI'-I-YO'-TAN-KA. _Sitting Crow._ (Profile.) BLACKFEET.

257. MA'-YA-WA-NA-PE-YA. _Iron Scare._ (Front.) BLACKFEET.

258. MA'-YA-WA-NA-PE-YA. _Iron Scare._ (Profile.) BLACKFEET.

259. WI'-YA-KA-SHA. _Red Plume._ (Copy.) BLACKFEET.

920. MA-GA'-SHA-PA. _Goose._ (Copy.) BLACKFEET.

With the exception of the last two numbers the above represent a portion of a delegation of prominent Sioux chiefs and warriors who visited Was.h.i.+ngton in 1872. The portraits were made in Was.h.i.+ngton, and represent them in their best attire.

336. CIN-TE-GI-LE-SKA. _Spotted Tail._ (Front.) BRULe.

337. CIN-TE-GI-LE-SKA. _Spotted Tail._ (Profile.) BRULe.

Spotted Tail has long been the chief of the Brule Sioux, and since his conversion from an intense hostility to an unswerving friends.h.i.+p for the white people has by them been looked upon and considered as the great chief of all the Sioux. The honors of this position are equally divided between Red Cloud and Spotted Tail; each is chief of his band only, the Indians themselves not recognizing any one man as chief of the whole nation; but their great executive abilities, oratorical powers, and popularity with both whites and Indians, have been the means of putting them forward as the champions of their people.

In his younger days Spotted Tail was a daring and audacious chief, murdering and ma.s.sacreing wherever he went. In 1854, he and his band attacked a coach, murdered all the pa.s.sengers, and perpetrated horrible enormities on the dead. He was eventually captured, and imprisoned for about six mouths in the guardhouse at Fort Leavenworth, during which time his feelings underwent a great change. Instead of a determined foe of the pale-faces, he became their earnest friend and coadjutor in the work of pacification. It has been well said of him that "he is worth more to the Government than a dozen major-generals, with their armies to back them."

The following extract from a speech by Spotted Tail, before a board of Indian Commissioners at Fort Laramie in 1867, will be read with interest as showing his ability as an orator: "My father and friends, your Great Father has sent you here to learn what was going on. You have come. Your Great Father has sent you to listen. Will you listen well, or only listen to half that is good and to half that is bad, and not take the whole to our Great Father? He has sent you here to hear and talk. We know you have not come with presents, but you may have a little money in your pockets that you could give them. They are poor and need help. These men here, and the old men, women, and children, have not had much to eat since they have been here, and if you could give them something it would make my heart glad. Yesterday my friends. .h.i.t me a good deal; but it does not matter. I have spoken."

Spotted Tail is of a large, commanding figure, and his face generally wears a pleasant, smiling expression. It is a difficult matter to arrive at the exact age of any Indian, and in this case it is uncertain, but is probably about 45 years. He has been to Was.h.i.+ngton four times, each time as a delegate representing the Sioux nation.

338. SPOTTED TAIL AND SQUAW. BRULe.

339. SQUAW OF SPOTTED TAIL. (Front.) BRULe.

340. SQUAW OF SPOTTED TAIL. (Profile.) BRULe.

341. I-API-OTAH. _Ga.s.sy._ (Front.) BRULe.

342. I-API-OTAH. _Ga.s.sy._ (Profile.) BRULe.

343. I-TE'-SAN-YAN. _Whitewash his Face._ (Front.) BRULe.

344. I-TE'-SAN-YAN. _Whitewash his Face._ (Profile.) BRULe.

345. CHE-TAN'-TA'-KPI'. _Charge on the Hawk._ (Front.) BRULe.

346. CHE-TAN'-TA'-KPI'. _Charge on the Hawk._ (Profile.) BRULe.

347. NOM-PA-AP'A. _Two Strikes._ (Front.) BRULe.

348. NOM-PA-AP'A. _Two Strikes._ (Profile.) BRULe.

349. SQUAW OF TWO STRIKES. (Front.) BRULe.

350. SQUAW OF TWO STRIKES. (Profile.) BRULe.

351. KAN-GI'-SHA'-PA. _Black Crow._ (Front.) BRULe.

352. KAN GI'-SHA'-PA. _Black Crow._ (Profile.) BRULe.

353. HE-GMA-WA-KU-WA. _One who Runs the Tiger._ (Front.) BRULe.

354. HE-GMA-WA-KU-WA. _One who Runs the Tiger._ (Profile.) BRULe.

355. WANMBLE'-SHDA. _Bald Eagle._ (Front.) BRULe.

356. WANMBLE'-SHDA. _Bald Eagle._ (Profile.) BRULe.

357. CHE-CHA'-LU. _Thigh._ (Front.) BRULe.

358. CHE-CHA'-LU. _Thigh._ (Profile.) BRULe.

359. SQUAW OF THIGH. (Front.) BRULe.

360. SQUAW OF THIGH. (Profile.) BRULe.

361. TA-TAN'-KA-SHA'-PA. _Black Bull._ (Front.) BRULe.

362. TA-TAN'-KA-SHA'-PA. _Black Bull._ (Profile.) BRULe.

363. CHO-NI'-CHA-WA-NI'-CHA. _No Flesh._ (Front.) BRULe.

364. CHO-NI'-CHA-WA-NI'-CHA. _No Flesh._ (Profile.) BRULe.

365. MA'-ZA-PON-KIS'-KA. _Iron Sh.e.l.l._ (Front.) BRULe.

366. MA'-ZA-PON-KIS'-KA. _Iron Sh.e.l.l._ (Profile.) BRULe.

367. MA'-ZA-PON-KIS'-KA. _Iron Sh.e.l.l._ (Full length.) BRULe.

368. MA-TO'-s.h.i.+'-CHA. _Wicked Bear._ (Front.) BRULe.

369. MA-TO'-s.h.i.+'-CHA. _Wicked Bear._ (Profile.) BRULe.

370. PA'-HUI-ZI-ZI. _Yellow Hairs._ (Front.) BRULe.

371. PA'-HUI-ZI-ZI. _Yellow Hairs._ (Profile.) BRULe.

372. I-SHTA'-SKA. _White Eyes._ (Front.) BRULe.