Pictures of Sitting Bull's war deeds, drawn by himself, with accompanying explanations. Each sheet autographed in cursive hand by Sitting Bull. The scenes are not in chronological order. The pictures were originally drawn on the front leaves of a bound volume of ruled paper and were removed by the archives for lamination. The remaining volume has 8 leaves with mounted newspaper clippings about Sitting Bull, and many additional blank leaves. Inside front cover inscribed "For Gen'l J.C. Smith, No 250 West Van Buren St, Chicago, Ill," and "Fort Randall, DT, April 14, 1882." Nine page handwritten explanation of each drawing, as dictated by Sitting Bull, also removed from volume. Also includes autograph letter signed from W. Tear, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, August 10 and 16, 1882, 2 pages and typed carbon copy transcription. Three 4" X 5" color transparencies of drawings 1, 10, and 11 filed with 1929-b.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1929B
Place:
United States Dakota Territory Fort Randall.
United States South Dakota Fort Randall.
Album Information:
MS 1929B 000
Provenance:
Smith, Robert A.
Genre/Form:
Pictographs -- Lakota
Ledger drawings
Newsclippings
Citation:
Manuscript 1929-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
