Sin-te gle-shka, Spotted Tail

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1872
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: 337
l.r. in image: Brule.1a
Mount Verso:
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Sin-te gle-shka, Spotted Tail. So called, it is \ said from his having once worn a headdress of \ raccoon skin, with the tail attached. Wrongly \ called an "Oglala Dakota," as the Oglala are \ the people of Ma-khpi-ya Lu-ta, Scarlet Cloud \ (commonly called "Red Cloud"). Spotted Tail was \ murdered in 18 by Crow Dog (?). \ [in graphite] Neg. No. 3118-9
c.l. in graphite: 336.
[see photograph of Verso for other inscriptions]
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3146
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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