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Chief Gall portrait
Title
Chief
Gall
portrait
Date of Original
1887
Creator
Barry, David F. (David Francis), 1854-1934
Creator Role
Photographer
Description
Chief
Gall
poses
for a
portrait
wearing
a
feather
in his
hair
, and
holding
a
buffalo
robe
and a
bow.
Ordering Information
http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject
Indians of North America
People
Portraits
Subject (LCTGM)
Feathers
Bows (Archery)
Robes
Hides & skins
Subject (LCSH)
Indians of North America - Men
Indians of North America - Portraits
Indians of North America - Clothing & dress
Personal Name
Gall, ca. 1840-1894
Decade
1880-1889
Item Number
00631-4
Format of Original
Photographic prints
Transcription
"Chief
Gall
captured
at
Poplar
River
Jan
2nd
1887
Sioux
name
Peyee.
This
man
says
he
is
not
afraid
of any
human
being.
Was
pinned
to the
ground
with
bayonets
and
left
for
dead
a
few
years
ago
near
Berthold
, and has been
wounded
several
times
before
and
since.
He has
killed
four
officers
and any
number
of
other
people.
Maj.
Bell's
own
handwriting"--Handwritten
on
back
of
photograph.
Notes
Title
created
by
staff.
Relation
[Is
Part
Of]
North
Dakota
Studies
eighth
grade
curriculum
Biography/History
Gall, a Hunkpapa Dakota, tried to prevent the NPRR survey from mapping the lands west of the Missouri River. This territory was, by treaty, part of the Dakota homelands.
Repository Institution
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection
Major William Bell U.S. Cavalry Collection 00631
Credit Line
State Historical Society of North Dakota (00631-4)
Rights Management
Copyright status unknown.
Digital ID
sh006314
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