Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Sioux Indian medicine man killed at the Wounded Knee Battle on January 1, 1891. The dead man can be seen laying on his back with his arms above his head. He is wearing pants and a long sleeved shirt, and appears to be laying on other corpses. What appears to be a rifle can be seen to the right of him. At least two other bodies are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 13 x 17 cm., 17 x 22 cm. photographic prints photographs
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