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121. L.R.298.b.2, 4(121)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(121)
Title:
Bread - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Bread, an Apsaroke. His biography is given in The North American Indian in volume 4, p.197. 'Born 1863. Mountain Crow; Whistle Water clan. First war experience under Young Wolf Calf, when the party captured a hundred horses from the Piegan. On another occ...
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

122. L.R.298.b.2, 4(122)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(122)
Title:
The spirit of the past - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Close view of a group of Apsaroke men on horseback posed on the crown of a hill, seen from the side as they look out towards an unseen horizon. 'A particularly striking group of old-time warriors, conveying so much of the feeling of the early days of the chase and the war-path that the picture s...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

123. L.R.298.b.2, 4(123)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(123)
Title:
Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Wolf Lies Down, an Apsaroke. His biography is given in The North American Indian in volume 4, p.208. 'Born about 1843. Mountain Crow; Never Shoots, Packs Game clan; Fox organization. Never obtained medicine by vision, but purchased wolf-medicine, paying fiv...
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

124. L.R.298.b.2, 4(124)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(124)
Title:
Plenty Coups - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Plenty Coups, a noted Apsaroke warrior. His biography is given in The North American Indian in volume 4, p.203. 'Born 1847. Mountain Crow of the Whistle Water clan. When he was about sixteen years of age his brother was killed at Tongue river by the Sioux...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

125. L.R.298.b.2, 4(125)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(125)
Title:
Ready for the charge - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of an Apsaroke on horseback silhouetted on the brow of a hill, his bow and arrow raised. 'The picture shows well the old-time warrior with bow and arrow in position, two extra shafts in his bow-hand, and a fourth between his teeth ready for instant use.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

126. L.R.298.b.2, 4(126)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(126)
Title:
Going to camp - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View from behind of an Apsaroke trudging through the snow, carrying a load of firewood. 'This picture was made at a small winter camp on Pryor creek in the Pryor mountains, Montana.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

127. L.R.298.b.2, 4(127)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(127)
Title:
Winter - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a tipi in a snow-covered forest clearing, with an Apsaroke woman bringing in a large bundle of firewood. 'In the thick forests along the banks of mountain streams the Apsaroke made their winter camps.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

128. L.R.298.b.2, 4(128)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(128)
Title:
Bull Chief - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Bull Chief, an Apsaroke. His biography is given in volume 4 of The North American Indian, p.197: 'Born 1825. Mountain Crow. Believing he could win success without fasting, he joined many war-parties, but always returned without honor. He therefore climbed...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

129. L.R.298.b.2, 4(129)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(129)
Title:
For a winter campaign - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of two Apsaroke mounted on horseback in a snow-covered landscape. 'It was not uncommon for Apsaroke war-parties, mounted or afoot, to move against the enemy in the depth of winter. See Volume IV, page 105, for the narrative of such an expedition. The warrior at the left wears the hooded...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

130. L.R.298.b.2, 4(130)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 4(130)
Title:
Autumn - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a tipi and two horses in a wooded clearing. 'An autumn scene in the valley of Little Bighorn.'
Collection Area:
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
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