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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2367-a Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2367A
- Creators:
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Red HorseMcChesney, Charles E.
- Dates:
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1881
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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42 Drawingsgraphite, colored pencil, and ink61 x 92 cm.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Sheets are numbered 0-41 (Number 27 missing). 1 page Manuscript in Charles E. McChesney's hand summarizing subjects as follows: Sheets 1-5, Soldiers approaching village; 6-10, Indian village; 11-15, Indians charging soldiers; 16-20, Custer's column fighting; 21-25, Dead cavalry horses--Custer's; 26-30, Dead Sioux killed by Custer's column; 31-35, Dead Cavalry--Custer's column; 36-41, Indians leaving the battle ground.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Red Horse was a chief of the Miniconjou division of the Teton.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Charles E. McChesney was an Army physician based at Fort Bennet, Dakota Territory in 1881.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mc Chesney, Charles E. Dr
Custodial History
The drawings were produced by Red Horse at the request of Dr. McChesney as illustrations to accompany the story of the battle, which he recorded in support of Garrick Mallery's study of Plains sign language. They were made at the Cheyenne River Agency in 1881. Correspondence regarding their production is located in the BAE Correspondence files.
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Citation
Manuscript 2367-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2367-a
OPPS NEG 46999 A-K
OPPS NEG 47000 A-L
OPPS NEG 47001 A-K
OPPS NEG 72-3915 CN-72-3955 CN
Place
Place
United States South Dakota Cheyenne River Agency.
Album Information
Album Information
MS 2367A 000
Bibliography
Bibliography
Map and Numbers 5, 8, 12, 16, 27 (now missing), 30, 32, 39, and 41 published by Mallery in "Picture Writing of the American Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 10, Washington, D. C., 1893 as Plates 39-48.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal-Indian relations -- Lakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Lakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maps -- Lakota | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pictographs -- Lakota | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ledger drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
