A black-and-white portrait photograph of a man in a light-colored, open jacket, matching buttoned vest, white shirt, and dark tie.

Chief Dol-Wa-Ga-Us, Head Erect or Thrown Back, Also Called Shack-Nasty Jim

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. to l.c. in image: 1009 SHACKNASTY JIM. MODOC.2.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1009. SHACK-NASTY JIM, \ The sub-chief of the tribe and chief of the Hot Creek \ band of the Modocs; although hardly twenty-one years \ of age, is known throughout Chistendom as one of \ the most fearless warriors that the red men ever sent \ to fight the pale-faces. He led the tribal forces that \ suffered most severely. After the massacre he quar- \ relled with Captain Jack; and, with "Bogus Charley," \ "Hooker Jim," and "Steamboat Frank," became scout \ for General Jeff. C. Davis - which led to the capture of \ the remnants of the Modoc army.
c. in graphite: 420. \ Neg. No. 3041
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3121
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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