A Native American (Sioux) man holding a pipe squats in front of a tepee camp, probably the Dakota Territory. Shows U.S. officers and their families with Sioux sitting and standing behind them waiting for the distribution of rations.
Date
1882?
Notes
Formerly F26501.; Printed on back of card: "Address Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, D. T."; Title, historical information, and other available titles printed on label on back of card. Historical information reads: "April 18th, 1882. Giving four distinct views. An Indian with a pipe in his hand in the foreground watching the artist, some officers and their families with Indians standing and squatting around them. Behind them the camp, and in the distance the hills covered with snow. A ration is the amount of food furnished each individual every twenty four hours, and is proportioned as follows, for every one hundred rations: 300 lbs of Fresh Beef, gross, or 3 lbs Beans. 150 lbs of Fresh Beef net, 4 lbs Coffee, 8 lbs Sugar. 10 lbs Pork or Bacon, 1 lb Soap, 1 lb Salt. 50 lbs Flour, or 1/2 lb Tobacco, or 50 lbs Shelled Corn, or in lieu of either. 55 lbs hard bread."; R7100316622
Description
1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 12 x 18 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 in.)
Subject
Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Food relief--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Military officers--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
