Cheyenne
Prisoners of the 1879 Outbreak
Some
of the Cheyenne who participated in the 1879 outbreak:
Left to right.: Tangle Hair, Wild Hog,
Strong Left Hand, George Reynolds (interpreter), Old
Crow, Noisy Walker, Porcupine, Blacksmith —
Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
The
photograph (and at least one more very similar view
of the same group) was taken on 30th April 1879 on
the steps of the courthouse at Dodge City, Kansas.
The Cheyennes shown were awaiting trial for alleged
offences dating back to September 1878. The case was
dismissed in October 1879 when the prosecution failed
to attend court for the trial. —
Gary
About
the Cheyenne in the photo above:
-
Tangle Hair, a half-Sioux by birth, was a dog soldier
headman
-
Wild Hog, a headman of the Elkhorn Scraper warrior
society, was the leader of all the warriors in Dull
Knife´s band during the flight to the North
-
Strong Left Hand, also known as Strong Left Arm
or simply Left Hand, was a headman of the Crazy
Dog warrior society and was at the LBH
-
Noisy Walker or Noisy Walking (not the son of White
Bull) or Old Man was a mature Northern Cheyenne
dog soldier warrior
-
Old Crow or Crow was a council chief who had a bad
reputation because he had scouted for the soldiers
when Dull Knife´s village was destroyed in
1876
-
Porcupine (1847-1929) was also a mature dog soldier
warrior, he was the son of White Weed, an Arikara
and a Lakota woman, but was married to a Northern
Cheyenne woman. He was later a Ghost Dance teacher
and a council chief (see P. Powell)
-
Blacksmith was an older warrior
—
Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
The
photographs of the Cheyenne prisoners were sold by
the firm of Leonard & Martin of Topeka, Kansas,
presumably the original photographers. (J. H. Leonard
and his partner H. T. Martin).
Here
is another version of the same individuals:
—
Ephriam Dickson
Here
is the same group with some of their women and children
in a studio setting. I just recently saw this photograph
in a German translated version of "Life of George
Bent". It is interesting, I think, because it
shows a rather young George Bent (interpreting at
this trial), who looks more like an Indian here than
in other photos with mustache.
Note that Old Crow, as one of the 44 council chiefs
of the Cheyenne the highest ranking member of this
group, sits in the center:
Front
row, left to right: Old Crow´s son, Wild Hog´s
daughter. Second row, sitting: Porcupine, Old Crow´s
wife, Old Crow, Wild Hog. Back row, standing: Old
Crow´s daughter, Noisy Walker, Strong Left
Hand, George Bent, Blacksmith, Tangle Hair, Wild
Dog´s daughter.
— Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
Fort
Robinson outbreak, Frank Leslie's Illustrated,
Feb. 15, 1879. —
Grahame Wood
Here
are possibly three men from the photographs made at
the trial in Kansas, pictured in later years:
Porcupine:
Tangle Hair:
Old
Crow:
Strong
Left Hand, the Elkhorn Scraper chief, ca, 1890 in
Montana:
—
Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
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