Kaitchkona Winema, Toby Riddle, The Woman of the Brave Heart

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

7 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. printed [appears on original cabinet card]: WI-NE-MA. \ (THe Woman of the Brave Heart.) \ A Modoc woman, and a full cousin to Captain Jack. Her fidel- \ ity and her heroism in the Lava Beds, in 1873, won for her a place \ in history which can never be disputed. After warning the Com- \ mission of the impending danger, unavailingly, she went to the ill- \ fated Council as interpreter; and when the attack was made, she \ sprang to her feet, and by almost superhuman efforts saved my \ life. \ A. B. MEACHAM, \ Chairman of the late Peace Commission to the Modoc Indians.
Verso:
u.c. graphite: see neg. No. 3051
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2113
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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