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First group of female students [version 3], 1879

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at left.

People
Black Crow, Emma
Black Crow, Horace
American Horse, Maggie
Kills Plenty, Ida
Brave Bull, Dora
Black Twin, Nellie
Long Wolf, Hattie
White Cow, Agnes
Good Voice, Julia
Glode, Lizzie
Iron on the Head, Mary
Blue Teeth, Hope
Swift Bear, Maud
Spotted Tail, Pollock
Tackett, Sarah
Tackett, Charles
Big Star, Rebecca
Big Head, Ruth
McKenzie, Zonie
Long Face, Rose
Shooting Cat, Nancie
Bridgeman, Lulu
Lone Bear, Alice
Pawnee, Winnie
Chasing Hawk, Stella
Day, Lucy
Agnes
White Cow
Mather, Sarah
Nation
Sioux
Time Period
1870-1879
Repository
Cumberland County Historical Society
Location
CCHS_00309B#01
Related Images
First group of female students [version 1], 1879
First group of female students [version 2], 1879
First Group of Female Students [Smaller Group], 1879
First group of female students [version 3], 1879
Format
Glass Plate Negative
Stereograph
Photographer
John N. Choate, Carlisle, PA
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