At the ford - Cheyenne. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a group of Cheyenne on horseback, crossing a river bordered by trees. 'The picture represents a party of warriors on the march. The scene is at Tongue river, in Montana.'
Porcupine - Cheyenne. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders half-profile portrait of Porcupine, a Cheyenne, his head garlanded with leaves. 'At the summer gatherings for such occasions as the Sun Dance, the men sometimes protect their heads from the merciless sun by a thatch of cottonwood leaves.'
Camp in the cottonwoods - Cheyenne. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Cheyenne tipi erected in a glade of trees. 'The scene shows a single lodge pitched in one of the cottonwood groves in the bottoms along Tongue river, in Montana.'
Waiting in the forest - Cheyenne. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Cheyenne figure wrapped in white, standing beneath trees in dim light. 'At dusk in the neighborhood of the large encampments young men, closely wrapped in non-committal blankets or white cotton sheets, may be seen gliding about the tipis or standing motionless in the shadow of the tree...