Low Dog

David F. Barry (1854-1934)

Date

ca. 1885
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

5 7/8 x 4 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
l.c. in negative: Low Dog
along bottom edge, machine printed: D.F.BARRY, WEST SUPERIOR, WIS.
Mount Verso:
c., machine printed label: LOW DOG \ No. 101 Low dog, cabinet bust. \ No. 102 Low Dog, cabinet, 3/4 length. \ Low Dow [sic] is known for the terrible murder he \ committed [sic] between Poplar River and Wolf \ Point. He wounded the mail carrier, and then \ tortured him to death by building a fire around \ him. In the winter of 1881, X. Beidler, United \ States Marshal for Montana, rode across the \ country from Helena to Fort Buford, in the dead \ of winter, with necessary papers to take him for \ this murder. Low Dog was held as a prisoner \ of war, and Beidler did not succeed in taking him.
l.c. Brininstool stamp
Collection Name

Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.370
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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