Description: Plain Jane 1 CABINET CARD – W.P. BLISS -FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TER - BIG TREE KIOWA DESCRIPTION Cabinet card, 6 ½ x 4 ¼, view of Kiowa chief Big Tree. Period pencil id on back W. P Bliss Photographer, Fort Sill Indian Territory backmark. Big Tree was a noted Kiowa warrior and chief. He was a loyal follower of the fighting chiefs party (led by Satank, Satanta, and Guipago), and conducted frequent raids upon other tribes and white settlers, often being associated with Tsen-tainte ("White Horse"). Born in Kiowa territory (possibly present-day Oklahoma), Big Tree, along with the Kiowa, was forced onto a reservation at Fort Sill in present-day Oklahoma by the Medicine Lodge Treaty Council in 1867. He began leading raids against white settlers near the reservation and across the Red River in northern Texas. In 1870, Big Tree purportedly led a raid on Fort Sill in Indian Territory, but gained his notoriety from the Warren Wagon Train Raid the following year. Big Tree was arrested days later, along with Satanta and Satank, and tried for murder in Jacksboro, Texas. They were the first American Indian chiefs to be tried in civil courtPhotographers William Stinson Soule (Will Soule) and William P. Bliss (W.P. Bliss) were contemporaries who briefly lived and worked in the region of Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, at approximately the same time in the 1870s. Both men photographed the U.S. Army personnel and Southern Plains Indian communities living there, with Soule arriving in the area in the late 1860s and departing in 1874. Bliss arrived in either 1874 or 1875 and documented many of the same individuals and geographic features as Soule. At least some of Soule's original photography was later sold under Bliss's photographic imprint. Due to this, there continues to be debate over the correct attribution of the works of these two men in the Fort Sill region in the 1860s and 1870s.Soiling and some foxing, o/w has good tonality, overall VG-Fine. Domestic post will be $8.75Thank you for your interest in the item. TERMS AND CONDITIONSAll merchandise is unconditionally guaranteed as to originality and description. Payment is to be received within 3 days after notification. I do combine shipping cost when multiple items are won.On multiple items, please either request an adjusted invoice, or wait for m invoice before paying. Items are usually sent within 1-2 days upon payment. Books are generally sent USPS media mail.
Price: 1200 USD
Location: Avondale, Arizona
End Time: 2024-11-26T04:43:50.000Z
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Type: Photograph
Production Technique: Albumen Print
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