Black Dog

Studio portrait of visiting Osage chiefs with their interpreters. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has identified the following sitters based on comparison with other photos: standing, back row, left to right: James Bigheart, Ne-kah-ke-pah-nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right:…

Studio portrait of Black Dog, an Osage chief. 

Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption as identifying this sitter as Ne-kah-ka-lah with a date of May 1893. 

Studio portrait of Black Dog, an Osage chief.

Studio portrait of Black Dog, an Osage chief. 

Studio portrait of Black Dog, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students. 

Identification of Black Dog is based on comparison with other images. No caption information is available. Student newspapers reported that Black Dog visited the school for commenencement in March 1895, therefore this image has been assigned that…

Studio portrait of eleven male students, three Native American men, and one white man. The caption identifies them as from the Osage nation. 

A researcher gave the Cumberland County Historical Society partial identifications for the sitters in this photo. According to this information, back row, left to right: Unidentified,…