Chief Che Wangekihi or Tcha-Wan-Na-Ga-He or Buffalo Chief

A. Zeno Shindler (1823-1899)

Date

1869
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. in image: Oto.5.
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: 495. TCHA-WAN-NA-GA-HE. Buffalo Chief. \ Is an Otoe Indian, though his grandfather belonged \ to the Iowa tribe. He was, when a young man, a self- \ constituted chief, leading a portion of the Buffalo band \ of Otoes, at a time when Sack-a-pie was chief, and at \ whose death he became the recognized head chief of \ the band, which position he held until 1874. He is still \ living; is about 80 years of age, in stature 5 feet 6 \ inches, and weighs about 160 pounds. He is of rather \ a mild disposition, though decided in his ways; concil- \ itory to the whites, and has gained many friends \ among them.
c. printed on paper label: che wang-e-ki-hi, Buffalo Chief, \ Buffal Chief \ of the A-ru-khwa or Buffalo gens.
c. in graphite: 953. \ Neg. No. 3841
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2776
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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