Call NumberX-32265SummaryStudio portrait (standing and sitting) of Mah-tov-is, Dick Washakie, Lo-po-gun (Many bows and arrows), Washakie (Rattle fox), Pau-zook (Otter), Gigee, and Peh-goos-sa (Fur pants), Native American (Shoshone) men. They hold tomahawks, wooden pipes, and a rifle. They wear moccasins, blankets, leggings, beaded necklaces, and wide-brimmed hats. Washakie wears a feather headdress and a scarf held in place by an abalone shell decoration.Physical Description1 copy negative : nitrate ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--19th centuryShoshoni Indians--19th centuryTribal chiefs--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032265Type of MaterialGroup portraitsNitrate negativesPhotographic printsPortrait photographsNotesFormerly F3998. Nitrate negative is masked. Stamped on back of print: "Uinta County Library Evanston, Wyo."; Title, "Ind- Shoshone Biog Washakie et. al.", "No 4", and "These Chiefs all excepting Chief 'Washakie' were in the Battle of the Rosebud which took place in Montana June 1876. Gigee protecting Capt Guy V. Henry 3rd Cavalry saving his life with assistance of Peh-goo-sa Chief Washakie died Feb 20th, 1900 about 98 years old." hand-written on back of print. R7100322657
Shoshones, Chief Washakie and Chiefs. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/01/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1048506
