Call NumberX-31472Date1891SummaryStudio portrait of Brigadier General Leonard W. Colby, commander of the Nebraska National Guard and his adopted daughter, Lost Bird, (Margaret Elizabeth) a Native American Lakota Sioux baby. Abandoned by her mother, Rock Woman, for dead after Wounded Knee fight, later reunited.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--ChildrenIndians of North AmericaTeton IndiansWounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890InfantsMilitary officersLost Bird, -1920Rock Woman--FamilyColby, Leonard W., -1920CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031472Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsPortrait photographsNotesCondition: Print shows deterioration of original. Formerly F32086. Photoreproduction of a copy photograph; hand-written title on back of print with: "found in the field of Wounded Knee by the side of her dead mother on the following day after the battle, and adopted by Gen. Colby. R7100314727DonorTerry Cahill rec. Dec. 4, 1975.
