A sepia-toned portrait photograph of a man wearing an open jacket, patterned shirt, and a bowtie.

Sho-E-Tat, Little Boy, George Washington

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1872
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 5 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image: Caddo.1.
Mount Verso:
u.c. in graphite: Caddo
u.c. typed on paper label: 159-160 [crossed out] SHO-E-TAT. Little boy. \ English name, Geo. Washington. Born in Louisi \ana in 1816. Is probably the most progressive Indian \ on the reservation; has long since adopted the dress \ and customs of the whites; owns a trading-sotre, and \ has a well-cultivated farm of 113 acres, with good \ houses and improvements. Was captain during the \ rebellion of a company of Indian scouts and rangers \ in the service of the Confederate States army, and \ engaged in three battles, one on Cache Creek, Indian \ Territory, with Kiowas and Apaches; one with Chey \ ennes, in the Wichita Mountains; and one on the Little \Washita, with renegade Caddos.
c. in graphite; 301 \ Neg No. 1366
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2889
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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