Ne Kah Ko Lah

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 Koh Ke Pah Nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right:…

Studio portrait of Ne Kah Ko Lah, an Osage chief. 

Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption scratched on the negative identifying this sitter, with a date of May 1893. 

Studio portrait of Ne Kah Ko Lah, an Osage chief.

Studio portrait of Ne Kah Ko Lah, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students. 

Identification of Ne Kah Ko Lah is based on comparison with other images which list him visiting the school in May 1893.