Auguste

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Date

before 1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Ojibwa.9.
Mount Verso:
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1071 AUGUSTE. PEMBINA. \ A brave of the Pembinas, formerly residing near the \ British line, but now removed, with his band, to the \ White Earth reservation. Has the reputation of be- \ ing a miserable, worthless Indian, unwilling to work, \ and adhering with great tenacity to the heathenish \ cutoms of his tribe.Was baptized in his infancy by \ the Roman Catholics, but has renounced his Christian- \ ity. Has had his skull broken three times in quarrels \ with his own people, and has been twice wounded in \ fights with the Sioux.
c. in graphite: 84. \ Neg. No. 548
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2793
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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