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Title: Asa-ton-yeh, a Comanche chief. 1868
Creator: Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908
Date Created and/or Issued: 1868
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Studio portrait of Indian man holding revolver.
Title transcribed from item. Also known as Asa-Toyet, Esa-tou-yett, Asa-Toyeh, Grey Leggings. Asa-Toyet was an “agency” Indian, authorized to interact with Indian tribes on behalf of the U. S. government.(Source: Nye. See Cataloging Notes.)
Philip Reade Collection of Native American Photographs by William S. Soule. Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Type: image
Extent: 1 photograph : black and white print ; 27.5 x 23 cm
Identifier: photCL 189
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/6481
Subject: Indians of North America--Great Plains
Comanche Indians
Photographs. (aat)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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