Dyar-yo-naa-dar-ga-dah, One Who Carries Hemlock Boughs on His Back also called Caster Redeye

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

before 1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.c. in image: Seneca.1.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1048. DYAR-YA-NAA-DAR-GA-DAH. One who Carries Hemlock \ Boughs on his Back. \ English name, Caster Redeye. Was born on the \ Alleghany reservation; belongs to the traditionary Bear \ clan. Is now President of the New York Senecas. Does \ not speak English, but is an eloquent speaker in his \ native tongue. Has been a councillor three terms. Is \ a farmer and lumberman, and has also been a pilot for \ several years on the Alleghany River. Caster is a \ grandson of Governor Blacksnake, the famous chief of \ the Senecas, who died in 1859 at the age of 120 years. \ Age 46; height, 5.9; head, 22 1/2; chest, 43.
c. in graphite: 390 \ Neg. No. 909
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2896
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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