Pictured are three Indian men outside a bark-covered lodge. One of the men is Yellow Thunder, also known as Wah-con-ja-zee-gah, a warrior chief 120 years old. He is holding a war club. The item is number 277 in the series Among the Winnebago Indians
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Catalog Number 4702: (1) Tribe: Winnebago Description: Ha-noo-gah Chun-hut-ah-rah (Second boy and pony) Photographer: Henry H. Bennett Date: 1865-1908. (2) Winnebago Woman tanning a deer skin Henry H. Bennett 1865-1908. (3) Winnebago Wah-con-jah-zee-gah (Yellow Thunder) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1908. Negative Number: cf. 45,479-H. (4) Winnebago Playing game of Wah-koo-chad-ah or moccasin Henry H. Bennett 1865-1908. (5) Winnebago Wong-chig-ah Chea-da (Indian tent and women) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1908. (6) Winnebago Big Bear in Diamond Grotto Henry H. Bennett 1865-1908. (7) Winnebago Big Bear Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (8) Winnebago Nah-ju-zee-gah (Brown Eyes) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (9) Winnebago Ma-bes-e-de-gah (Bear that digs a hole) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (10) Winnebago He-noo-ke-ku (Youngest Girl) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (11) Winnebago Ha-zah-zoch-ka (Branching Horns) Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (12) Winnebago Young man with a flute Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909. (13) Winnebago Woman with a baby carried on her back in a shawl Henry H. Bennett 1865-1909.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4702
Restrictions:
Since permission for making negatives is not granted (although not specifically denied) in the correspondence with the Bennett Studio, we should refer purchasers directly to the Bennett studio for prints.
