Buffalo Soldier. Tintype photograph. 3.375 x 2.496inches. [Western States], circa 1870s-80s E600/900 Photograph of a first sergeant with the 6th Infantry, B Company; with the 7th and 8th, it was in a number of Indian Wars engagements. In 1892,

Buffalo Soldier. Tintype photograph. 3.375 x 2.496inches. [Western States], circa 1870s-80s E600/900 Photograph of a first sergeant with the 6th Infantry, B Company; with the 7th and 8th, it was in a number of Indian Wars engagements. In 1892, companies from the 6th and 7th were sent to Fort McKinney at Powder River, northern Wyoming, to quell the Ghost Dance problems on Northwestern reservations. [SEE ILLUSTRATION OVERLEAF]