Group portrait of the Camp Weld Council, Denver Colorado shows white and Native American (Arapaho and Cheyenne) men arranged in three rows. Identification: Left to right, kneeling: Maj. Edward Wynkoop and Capt. Silas S. Soule; seated: White Antelope, Bull Bear, Black Kettle, Neva, Na-ta-nee; standing: unidentified, unidentified, John Smith, Heap of Buffalo, Bosse, unidentified, unidentified. Source of identification: Halfbreed : the remarkable true story of George Bent : caught between the worlds of the Indian and the White Man / David Fridtjof Halaas ; Andrew E. Masich (2004), photograph on page [6] of plates.
Date
September 28, 1864
Notes
Title handwritten on back of print. Also written on back of print: “We cannot identify each Indian definitely. There are conflicting identifications for some of them. We are quite sure of Smith and positive of Wyncoop [sic] and Soule. 12/12/1962” Repository also holds: Neva, Black Kettle, Bull Bear, White Antelope, Bosse, Na-ta-nee, Heap of Buffalo (X-32364). Formerly F23326.
Description
1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photographic print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Arapaho Indians--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Organizations--1860-1870.; Black Kettle.; Bosse.; Bull Bear.; Heap of Buffalo.; Na-ta-nee.; Neva.; Smith, John.; Soule, Silas S. 1844-1865.; White Antelope.; Wynkoop, Edward Wanshear--1836-1891.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
