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Three Cheyenne Chiefs Captured at the Battle of Washita , Taken at Camp [Fort] Supply, Indian Territory

LIBI_00019_00395; This item is an original albumen photograph of 3 Cheyenne Indian chiefs (Fat Bear, Big Head and Dull Knife) captured at the Battle of Washita. Dull Knife was not at the Battle of Washita. The photograph is 4 3/4 x 7" (8 x 9 7/8" mounted) and was produced circa 1869 by W. S. Soule. The image is believed to have been taken at Camp (Fort) Supply, Indian Territory. On the front, a notation in Captain Frederick Benteen's handwriting reads, "Fat Bear/Big Head/Dull Knife/Cheyenne prisoners captured by 7th Cav--Comd. by..." The remaining text has been cut off. On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Three chiefs Autie captured in the Washita Campaign" and is signed by Elizabeth B. Custer.Note: "Pkg 6 Box 3" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 104.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National M

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Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00395, William S Soule, "Three Cheyenne Chiefs Captured at the Battle of Washita , Taken at Camp [Fort] Supply, Indian Territory," circa 1869

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Code: LIBI

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Big Horn County, Montana
Latitude: 45.5651016235352, Longitude: -107.429000854492

NPS Museum Accession Number : LIBI-00019
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LIBI_00395

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection

Title: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Historic Photo Collection
URL: https://www.nps.gov/libi

circa 1869

01/01/1869 - 12/30/1869

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William S. Soule Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Organization: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Position: Research Requests
Address: PO Box 39, Crow Agency, MT, USA, 59033, (406) 638-2621
Email: libi_librarian@nps.gov

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument