The North American Indian. The Nez Percés. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume VIII]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Chief Joseph — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'The name of Chief Joseph is better known than that of any other Northwestern Indian. To him popular opinion has given the credit of conducting a remarkable strategic movement from Idaho to northern Montana in the flight of the Nez Percés in 1877. To what e...
Yellow Bull — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulder full-face portrait: 'As a member of the family which more than any other was responsible for precipitating the Nez Percé outbreak of 1877, Yellow Bull proved a source of much valuable information. His son Walaitifs was one of the three men who murdered the first white settlers ...
Night scout — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
A low-key image, showing an Indian scout on horseback, silhouetted against a black sky. A heavily-reworked image, presumably taken in daylight, but with the sky bblacked out.
Lawyer — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'The original of this portrait is a member of the family of that lawyer who played a prominent part in Nez Percé affairs in the years following the treaty of 1855.' The sitter wears a circular medallion around his neck.