Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, He Who Has a Sword, also Captain George Sword

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

1875-1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.l. in image: Ogalala.30.
Mount Recto:
l.l. to l.c. in ink: Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, \ Sword He has (diminutive)
l.c. to l.r. in ink: He who Has a Sword.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 881. MA-WA-KA-YU-NA. Sword. OGALALLA.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, He who has a sword. The -la \ is a Teton ending with a diminutive [underlined] force; not \ not translated. This is a photo of the famous Capt. \ George Sword, taken while he was still a full \ Indian, about the year 1880. \ [in graphite] LISTED PRIOR TO 1877
u.c. in graphite: 845 \ Neg. No. 3201.3
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3117
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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