Saucy Chief, Kah-he-kaWah-Ti-An-Ka also called Playful Chief

John K. Hillers (1843-1925)

Date

ca. 1860-1875
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.l. in image: Chief Saucy.
l.r. in image: Osage.3.
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: 513. KAH-HE-KA-WAH-TI-AN-KA. Saucy Chief.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: [l.] Ka-hi-ke wa-ta-yin-ka, \ Chief saucy \ skittish \ [r.] Saucy Chief (who keeps a \ sacred pipe of the \ U-tseh-ta or "Little \ Osage"). \ This man was chief of the Tsi-shu wa-shta-ke or \ Tsi-shu. \ Peacemaker gens, also known as Red Hawk people. \ He was Dorsey's authority for much information \ gained concerning his gens in Jan. & Feb., 1883, \ at Osage Agency, Oklahoma.
c. in graphite: 897. \ Neg. No. 4055-a \ 4054-6-1 [crossed out]
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2988
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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