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Kilbourn City,WI - Columbia County - c1865-1908 - Winnebago Indians Stereoview of a 120-Year-Old Chi

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Kilbourn City,WI - Columbia County - c1865-1908 - Winnebago Indians Stereoview of a 120-Year-Old Chi
Photo by H.H. Bennett.
No. 277 of H.H. Bennett’s photographic series titled Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery. This photo is more specifically titled Wah-con-ja-z-gah (Yellow Thunder) Warrior chief 120 y’s old. It shows a very ancient man sitting in front of an Indian lodge made of willows or thin branches woven into mats. He holds something in his hand that looks like a wooden rifle butt, with feathers suspended from it. Two young Indian braves lean against the side of the lodge behind the old man. Fairly faded, the contrast is not sharp. Yellow gold matting. 3.5 x 7.”