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Carte de visite photographs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Old Bets, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.9
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Azayamankawin, also known as Old Bets, pictured seated with her hands folded on her lap. A Sioux woman who will long be remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota captives for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862.

Dates: 1862
Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka
Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka

Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.11
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Paha-uza-tanka (English name: The Great Scalp-taker), pictured seated, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a cap with 16 feathers. The number of feathers in his headdress alledgedly denotes the number of scalps taken.

Dates: 1862
Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish
Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish

Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.12
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish (English name: Bad Boy); Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. Pictured seated, hair in 2 braids and a blanket draped over one shoulder. Who, to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley.

Dates: 1862
Portrait of Taoyateduta
Portrait of Taoyateduta

Portrait of Te-he-do-ne-cha, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.13
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Te-he-do-ne-cha (English name: One Who Forbids His House), pictured seated and holding a rifle; a heavy blanket draped over his shoulders. Te-he-do-ne-cha was executed for his participation in the massacre in 1862.

Dates: 1862
Portrait of Te-na-se-pa
Portrait of Te-na-se-pa

Portrait of Te-na-se-pa, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.14
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Dowasana, also called Tenase-pa, labeled as a "Sioux dandy". Pictured seated, his hair in 2 braids and wearing a head wrap.

Dates: 1862
Portrait of Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan
Portrait of Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan