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The Indian campaign, prisoners captured by General Custer

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Call NumberZ-4028CreatorDavis, Theodore Russell, 1840-1894Date1860-1870SummaryNorth American Indians (Cheyenne), probably the survivors of the Battle of the Washita, in animal skins and blankets over their shoulders, travel on foot or in a covered travois on a snowy hillside in Oklahoma. Uniformed soldiers with drawn swords, probably cavalry, ride on horseback on either side of the Indians. Shows United States flags in the distance.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 29 x 41 cm (11 1/2 x 16 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCheyenne Indians--Capture and imprisonment--19th centuryIndians of North America--Capture and imprisonment--19th centuryCaptives--Oklahoma--19th centuryCavalry--Oklahoma--19th centuryHorseback riding--Oklahoma--19th centuryTravois--Oklahoma--19th centuryWinter--Oklahoma--19th centuryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004028; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesArticle on verso describes image. Formerly F20091; Tear sheet consists of page 825, removed from Harper's weekly. Title, attribution and "[See Page 826.]" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110040281

CollectionPhotographs - Western History

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes

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