Amon Carter print details

George Harvey

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1867

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 1/2 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: GEO. HARVEY, or OLHATHE

    l.r. in image: ROGUE RIVER.1.

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: 1 [circled]

    u.c. in graphite: 296.

    u.c. printed on paper label: 978. OL-HA-THE, or George Harvey. \ Chief of the confederated tribes of Indians of Siletz \ reservation, Oregon, lineal descendant of a long line \ of Rogue River chiefs, was captured when a small boy \ at the Rogue river war between the United States \ forces and the Rogue River tribes of Southern Oregon, \ and carried to the Siletz reservation, where he has \ lived ever since. He is a fine speaker, and has acted \ many years as an interpreter. This office having \ brought him into close and constant contact with Amer- \ ican civilization, he long ago abandoned his aborigi- \ nal habits and religion, and adopted the customs and \ faith of the whites. He is well known throughout \ Oregon, and is held in the highest esteem. He has \ been complimented by the judges everywhere for his \ integrity and intelligence, and both by his loyalty and \ education is a living proof of the folly and wicked- \ ness of the theory that the Indian can neither be civil- \ ized nor be made the friend of the white race.

    c. in graphite: Shasta- \ Neg. No. 2606

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3026

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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