Ohaste, Little Raven [Southern Arapaho]

Jeremiah Gurney and Son

Date

Jun. 1871
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: LITTLE RAVEN.
l.c. in image: Arapaho.17a
l.r. in image: ARAPAHO.
Mount Verso:
u.c. in graphite: 20.
u.c. printed on paper: 62-65. OHASTE. Little Raven. SOUTHERN ARAPAHOS. \ In 1865, Richardson described him as follows: "The \ savage, like Falstaff, is a coward on instinct; also \ treacherous, filthy, and cruel. But our chief, The \ Little Raven, was the nearest approximation I ever \ met to the ideal Indian. He had a fine manly form, \ and a human, trusthworthy face."
u.c. in graphite: Negatives no 148
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3139
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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