Sha-kpe or Little Six

Julian Vannerson (1827-after 1875), Samuel A. Cohner

Date

1858
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.
Sheet: 7 7/16 x 5 in.
Mount: 8 3/8 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
Mdewakanton.3
Mount Recto:
Siouan Family.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 200. SHA-KPE. Six. MDEWAKANTON. \ The massacre spoken of in connection with No.197 \ was inaugurated by Sha-kpe and his band; some of his \ young men killed some white men while intoxicated, \ and then, through fear of retaliation, resolved upon an \ uprising and the extermination of all the whites at the \ agency. Sha-kpe's band was re-enforced by the prin- \ cipal warriors from the Mdewakanton and Wahpeton \ bands, Little Crow taking the leadership. Before they \ were subdued, 644 men, women, and children were \ massacred, and 93 soldiers killed in battle.
c. in graphite: 794 \ Neg. No. 3509-a
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3036
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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