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Group of Southern Cheyenne Women and Children Captured During the Battle of Washita at Either Fort Hays or Fort Dodge

LIBI_00019_00392; This item is an original albumen photograph of a group of Cheyenne (Southern) women and children captured at the Battle of the Washita, being held at either Fort Hayes or Fort Dodge. The photograph is 4 1/2 x 6 7/8" (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 mostly illegible handwritten caption provides a description of the captives at the Washita fort. "Soule [illegible word]" is written on the image in the lower right corner. On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Prisoners captured in the Battle of the Washita--Scout with them."Note: "Pkg 6/Box 3" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 95.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00392, William

National Park Service

Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00392, William S Soule, "Group of Southern Cheyenne Women and Children Captured During the Battle of Washita at Either Fort Hays or Fort Dodge," 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_00392

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

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