National Anthropological Archives

L. T. Butterfield photograph of Plenty Horses' Trial Group No. 1, circa 1891

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.165
Creators:
Butterfield, L. T.
Dates:
circa 1891
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Copy negatives
35 mm
1 Copy print
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Portrait of people involved in Plenty Horses' Trial, including Plenty Horses, Living Bear, Bear-That-Lays-Down, He Dog, Broken Arm, White Moon, Rock Road, Pete Richard, Phillip H. Wells, William Rowland Thompson, Cris Mathison, F. C. Fry, Captain J. G. Ballance, W. B. Sterling, George P. Nock, and D. E. Powers.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Plenty Horses was tried at Fort Meade in South Dakota for the killing of Army Lieutenant Edward W. Casey during the Wounded Knee Massacre. The central argument of Plenty Horses' lawyers George Nock and David Powers was that a state of war existed between the United States and the Lakota Nation; as such, the belligerents could kill each other without threat of criminal penalty. The court found that a state of war did exist and released Plenty Horses, thereby exonerating the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry involved in the Massacre.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals note
Original retained by Helen L. Niesen.
Custodial History note
Donated by Helen L. Niesen, 1991.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 165, L. T. Butterfield photograph of Plenty Horses' Trial Group No. 1, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
An additional Butterfield photograph held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 165

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Sioux


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Trials Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plenty Horses, d. 1933 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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