Old Man Afraid of his Horses and His Chiefs

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1868
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.
Mount: 6 x 8 7/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Ogalala. 22
Mount Verso:
u.c. [typed on paper label]: 334. TA-SHUN'-KA-KO-KI-PA. Old Man Afraid of his Horses and \ OGALALA. \ Ta-shun'-ka ko-ki-pa-pi wi-cha-khcha & his chiefs. \ His Horse they fear it old man \ Ta-shun-ka ko-ki-pa-pi, (Senior in this case) \ wrongly translated, Old Man Afraid of his Horses, \ really means His-horse is -feared. The man was \ so brave, that so far from fearing his own horses \ the sight of one of his horses WITHOUT the rider, \ would terrify his foes! \ "Old man" here stands for "Senior", or the \ elder, as distinguished from Ta-shun-ka Ko-ki-pa- \ pi, Junior (or, the younger), wrongly called, \ Young Man Afraid, etc. (Dorsey).
c. in graphite: 837- \ neg. no.. 3248
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3106
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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