Fast war dance--Warrior's song--Adoption ceremony for Crag--Chief's dance--war party song--Hero's song
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1499
General:
CDR copy
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Original caption: "The Three Cherokees came over from the head of the River Savanna to London, 1762. 1: Their Interpreter that was Poisoned. 2: Outacite or Man-killer; who Sets up the War Whoop, as, (Woach Woach ha ha hoch Waoch) with his Wampum. 3: Austenaco or King, a great Warrior who has his Calumet or Pipe, by taking a Whiff of which, is their most sacred emblem of peace. 4: Uschesees y Great Hunter, or Scalpper, as the Character of a Warrior depends on the Number of Scalps, he has them without Number. Sold in Mays Buildings, Covent Garden, according to Act, by G. Bickham."
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing (10" x 13 3/4") by Silver Horn (Hogoon). "Heap-of-bears, Ki a wa kills a Navahoe." -- information on page opposite drawing Number 4.
Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
"The Indian 'Heap of Bears,' shown in drawing Number 4, was also well known to General Scott. He was the custodian of the Kiowa Medicine Bundle and was killed by Kit Carson's men in the fight near adobe walls." -- Information from letter of M. W. Stirling to Mrs William Cassin, April 7, 1933.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing (10" x 13 3/4") by Silver Horn (Hogoon). "Ki a wa meets a Pawnee" -- information on page opposite drawing Number 6.
Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing (10" x 13 3/4") by Silver Horn (Hogoon). "Osage and Ki a wa in deadly conflict" -- information on page opposite drawing Number 17.
Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing (10" x 13 3/4") by Silver Horn (Hogoon). Drawing Number 25.
Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
