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.
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--19th century; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--19th century; Dakota Territory--19th century; Food relief--Dakota Territory--19th century; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--19th century; Military officers--Dakota Territory--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031662
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
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