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

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Creator:
Butterfield, L. T.  Search this
Names:
Plenty Horses, d. 1933  Search this
Extent:
2 Copy negatives (35 mm)
1 Copy print
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Sicangu Lakota (BrulĂ© Sioux)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy negatives
Copy prints
Date:
circa 1891
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:
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.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 165
Location of Other Archival Materials:
An additional Butterfield photograph held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Trials  Search this
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890  Search this
Citation:
Photo Lot 165, L. T. Butterfield photograph of Plenty Horses' Trial Group No. 1, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.165
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3aa762ea7-6756-4b9a-b0b9-694e913ad37e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-165