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CHIEF SPOTTED TAIL IN THREE-QUARTER PROFILE

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
CHIEF SPOTTED TAIL IN THREE-QUARTER PROFILE
<B>SPOTTED TAIL (Sinte Gleska), BRULE LAKOTA HEAD CHIEF<BR></B></I><BR>c. 1880<BR> <BR>Original photo by John N. Choate, Carlisle, Penn. This pirated version cropped to half length by David F. Barry, with a double, blind stamp: “Barry” and “Copyright by D.F. Barry.” Additional blind stamp on matte cardboard frame, in presentation folder. Doggerel newsprint clipping glued to inside cover of folder. Barry’s garbled and largely apocryphal version of Spotted tail’s amours, accompanied by two printed photos, is glued to the back of the folder. Spotted Tail was a far-sighted leader. To demonstrate his support for education, he sent an adult daughter, three of his sons, and several nieces and nephews to be among the first class of Indian students at the experimental Carlisle Indian School in Pensylvania. The following year, while traveling to Washington to meet with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Spotted Tail visited Carlisle to check on their progress. That was the occasion for this portrait. When he learned that the students had been abused, and were disheartened and homesick, he insisted on taking all of them home with him. The authorities, seeing a political disaster looming, tried to dissuade him, but Spotted Tail was adamant and succeeded in reclaiming his children. In the early autumn of 1881, Spotted Tail was assassinated at Rosebud Reservation, D.T., by Crow Dog, whom he had had removed from the Agency police force. The chief’s grave, with impressive granite monument, still overlooks the small community of Rosebud, S.D.<BR><B><BR></B></I><I>Dimensions: 6 x 8 inches</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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