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WHITNEY, JOEL EMMONS (1822-1886)
Group of 6 cartes-de-visites of Chippewa and Sioux tribespeople, comprising 3 relating to the Massacre of 1862, 2 standing portraits of chiefs and one of a young Sioux woman. Albumen prints, 3 3/4x2 1/4 inches (9.5x5.7 cm.), with a printed caption and Whitney's credit on mounts recto. Circa 1862
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Notes: "Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick (Hole in the Day), the Celebrated Chippewa Chief" * "Ma-Za-Sha (Red Iron), a Friendly Sioux Chief" * "Little Crow" (spokesman for the Sioux) * "Cut Nose" * "Te-He-Do-Ne-Cha (One Who Forbids his House)" * "U-Se-Do-Ha, A Sioux Belle."
Whitney was best known for his portraits of members of the Sioux and Chippewa tribes who participated in the Dakota War of 1862, which resulted in 38 Dakota Indians being hanged in Mankato--the largest mass execution in U. S. history.
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