Note on War Department, Signal Service, U.S. Army telegram form ("Form No. 202, 1887") and postal cover. Fort Yates, ND, 8 Dec. [1895]. Holographed by George W. Scott (1854-1910). To Charles Fish of Fall River, MA regarding images he has available and where Mr. Fish can acquire images of other people about whom he has inquired. The note gives information about Scott's other skills and activites at Fort Yates: ....[O]wing to extreme press of telegraphic work and photo orders have been unable to reply. I have none of the Indian photos you mention. Spotted Eagle can be obtained of R.L. Kelly, Pierre, SD. Crow Dog, spotted Tail, Red Cloud & son, of W.R. Cross, Ft. Meade, S.D. and some of balance any way of Mr. D.F. Barry, West Superior Wis. The only photos of note that I have aside from the principal chiefs, Gall, Rain in the face, Sitting Bull, John Grass, Mad Bear, and Big Head, are Wolf Necklace (decorated with 9 scalps), Hairy Chin, Long Dog, Mrs. Two Bear & papoose, "Scarlet Woman", (Mother of the new Messiah), a miniture [sic] of Sitting Bulls Ghost dance, besides others in native dress, dance costumes &c, &c. The two cabinet cards in the lot are of Big Head and Scarlet Woman, both with Scott's Fort Yates, Dakota imprint. Both labels are handwritten on the cards, rather than the stamp more frequently encountered. The verso of Big Head also has Yanktonais Sioux Chief under Two Bears in both pencil and ink. On the latter, Scott has written: Scarlet Woman, Mother of Messiah" Sioux Ghost Dance 1891. The panic that ensued when Waluta Winyan claimed to be the mother of the risen Christ has been linked, at least indirectly, to the assassination of Sitting Bull and subsequent massacre at Wounded Knee Creek near Pine Ridge Agency. (See Lot 130, Cowan's Historic Americana Auction, June 6, 2007 and Lot 398, Cowan's Historic Americana Auction, Dec. 6-7, 2007.) Condition: Expected folds and toning, soiling of cover. Minor foxing of "Big Head" card.
Note on War Department, Signal Service, U.S. Army telegram form ("Form No. 202, 1887") and postal cover. Fort Yates, ND, 8 Dec. [1895]. Holographed by George W. Scott (1854-1910). To Charles Fish of Fall River, MA regarding images he has available and where Mr. Fish can acquire images of other people about whom he has inquired. The note gives information about Scott's other skills and activites at Fort Yates: ....[O]wing to extreme press of telegraphic work and photo orders have been unable to reply. I have none of the Indian photos you mention. Spotted Eagle can be obtained of R.L. Kelly, Pierre, SD. Crow Dog, spotted Tail, Red Cloud & son, of W.R. Cross, Ft. Meade, S.D. and some of balance any way of Mr. D.F. Barry, West Superior Wis. The only photos of note that I have aside from the principal chiefs, Gall, Rain in the face, Sitting Bull, John Grass, Mad Bear, and Big Head, are Wolf Necklace (decorated with 9 scalps), Hairy Chin, Long Dog, Mrs. Two Bear & papoose, "Scarlet Woman", (Mother of the new Messiah), a miniture [sic] of Sitting Bulls Ghost dance, besides others in native dress, dance costumes &c, &c. The two cabinet cards in the lot are of Big Head and Scarlet Woman, both with Scott's Fort Yates, Dakota imprint. Both labels are handwritten on the cards, rather than the stamp more frequently encountered. The verso of Big Head also has Yanktonais Sioux Chief under Two Bears in both pencil and ink. On the latter, Scott has written: Scarlet Woman, Mother of Messiah" Sioux Ghost Dance 1891. The panic that ensued when Waluta Winyan claimed to be the mother of the risen Christ has been linked, at least indirectly, to the assassination of Sitting Bull and subsequent massacre at Wounded Knee Creek near Pine Ridge Agency. (See Lot 130, Cowan's Historic Americana Auction, June 6, 2007 and Lot 398, Cowan's Historic Americana Auction, Dec. 6-7, 2007.) Condition: Expected folds and toning, soiling of cover. Minor foxing of "Big Head" card.
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