Struck by the Ree, or He Whom a Rockawee Struck

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

Date

1857-1858
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Yankton.1a
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 239. PA-DA-NI-A-PA-A-PA. Struck by the Ree. YANKTON.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Pa-da-ni A-pa-pi \ Pawnee, or Arikara \ (Ree) \ (Struck by the Ree) \ They struck him, or \ He was struck \ This name is the revese of its popular \ translation, meaning really He struck a Ree, \ or counted "coup" on him. It is considered \ an appelation of bravery. \ Pa-da-ni A-pa-pi was head Chief of the \ Yankton (one of the largest divisions of the \ Dakota). At the time of the Sioiux outbreak in \ Minnesota, (1862) the Yankton numbered about \ 3000 souls, and had they joined the Minnesota \ Indians, all the White Settlements in Dakota, \ must have been wiped out, but Pa-da-ni A-pa-pi \ warned the White settlers to take refuge in the \ forts, promising to keep his people from the \ war-path is possible. He kept his word.
c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3545
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3243
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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