Friday, a Celebrated Educated Arapaho

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

ca. 1870
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Mount: 13 3/16 x 10 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
u.c. printed: Department of the Interior. \ U.S. Geological Survey [logo] of the Territories. \ PROF. F.V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE.
l.l. printed: W.H. JACKSON PHOTO.
l.c. in ink: "Friday" \ A Celebrated Educated Arapahoe [sic]
Mount Verso:
u.c. in ink: "Friday" Arapahoe [sic] \ An Indian brought up by Priests educated in St. Louis \ and after reaching manhood sent back as a missionary to \ his people, he found himself helpless to bring them to his \ ideas and was forced to return to their customs and \ life - becoming as they. A very sad and interesting story \ told me by my Father, Gen Jesse M. Lee \ Mrs. H. F. Rethers. \ Property of Mrs. J. M. Lee
u.r. in graphite: W.H.J. 984,5.
Collection Name

Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.718
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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