Beschreibung:

6.5 x 4.25", with blindstamp of Mont. D. Parker, 1st Lieut., 9th US Cavalry along right edge and lengthy three line inked description on applied paper back that reads, John Collins Mr. Tonzalin-Col. Stanton-Gen. Crook At Fort Washakie, Wyo, October 26, 1886 after our return from hunting expedition. View from the officers quarters looking north to the men's quarters. By 1886, Paymaster Stanton and General Crook served together intermittently for nearly a decade. This photograph was taken during Crook's tenure as commander of the Department of the Platte just after the general had returned from quelling the last "Indian Uprising" of his career. A band of Utes under Chief Colorow had ventured off the reservation and began grazing their cattle on public lands in Colorado. Authorities attempted to arrest the wayward Indians which led to shots being exchanged. Colorado Governor Alva Adams then called up the state militia and wired Crook demanding the "aid of United States troops." The unfortunate affair was settled by September 1, 1887, one officer lamenting the "Ute War" as "one of the grossest outrages that has been perpetrated on a tribe of Indians in modern times." Captain Montgomery Parker was an erstwhile photographer who died in service in December 1900. Provenance: Collected by Thaddeus Stanton, 'The Fighting Paymaster' Condition: Mount is heavily soiled with the right lower corner torn away, G.