Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of Zonkeuh [probably standing at left], Owen Yellow Hair, Charles Kawboodle, and Dan Tucker posed in front of a building on the school grounds. All are holding bugles.

Portrait of a group of Native American men, white men, with one male student and two female students posed in front of a dormitory building on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is standing at the far left. The caption in the album states that they are from the Great Nemaha Agency and that the photo was taken on February 25, 1880.

Studio portrait of Alice Wynn (back left), Kisetta Roosevelt (back middle), Mabel Doanmoe (back right), Rebecca Big Star (front left), and Harriet Mary Elder (front right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this image to March, 1880. The Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-…

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated in center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this…

Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Ella Hippy, Fanny (Knife Holder), Mabel Doanmoe, and Laura Doanmoe.

The caption identifies Lucy Black Shortnose as Lucy Cheyenne and Fanny (Knife Holder) as Fanny Kawboodle. 

The caption for another version of this image (10-B-04) provides a date of March 1880.

The…

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students, identified in the caption as being from the Arapaho nation. The caption provides a date of March 1880.

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. 

The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880. Based on other photographs, we believe the following individuals are pictured here: Richard Davis (standing, left), Oscar Bull Bear (standing, center), Thomas…

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Kiowa nation and provides a date of March 1880. 

Studio portratit of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880. Based on other photographs, we believe the following individuals are among those pictured here: Alfred Brown (standing, second from left), John D. Miles (standing, far right),…

Posed group of five white women. The caption written below identifies them as Miss Hyde and Miss Cutter in the back, Miss Ely in the middle, and Miss Burgess and Miss Laura Spencer in the front. 

Inscribed on the reverse is the date March 20, 1880. 

A farm field with a man behind a plow being pulled by horses and a group of six boys working the field being supervised by six men or older boys. 

Male students posed in school uniforms on the balcony, front porch, and in front of a building on the school grounds, presumably the Boys' Quarters. 

The caption on this image identifies it as "Indian boys in first uniforms Apr. 1880." The copy of the image at the American Philosophical Society has the handwritten caption "Indian…

Richard Henry Pratt and Chief Spotted Tail with Rebecca T. Haines (standing at left), Susan Longstreth (standing in center), and Mary Anna Longstreth (standing at far right) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. The Longstreths and Haines were from Philadelphia and were known as "the Quaker ladies." Chief Spotted Tail was visiting the…

Portrait of a large group of visiting Sioux chiefs posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds with some white men including Richard Henry Pratt. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-028a, BS-CH-028, and 12-15-01. 

Note: In his book Spotted Tail's Folk,…

Image of a slate such as those used by students. This slate contains examples of written vocabulary words, written text, a copy of a brief note from student R. B. Hayes to his father dated June 25, 1880, a drawing of a man on a horse apparently signed John Williams, and an example of a math problem.  Along the side is written "Choate…

Portrait of seven male students and four female students posed on the school grounds. This photo was taken on the day they arrived, July 31, 1880. Although the caption states that they were Pueblo students, ten of them were Pueblo and one was Apache. The Pueblo students are: Frank Cushing, Taylor Ealy, Mary Ealy, Jennie Hammaker, Sheldon…

Studio portrait of American Horse, a Sioux chief. 

American Horse visited the school in August 1880 which is probably when this photograph was taken.  This is #25 on Choate's list of images for sale. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image; PA-CH1-010b and CS-CH-033.  

Studio portrait of Poor Wolf (also known as Lean Wolf), a Hidatsa chief. 

The student newspaper in August 1880 records an earlier visit to the school by Poor Wolf.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-019a and CS-CH-034a. 

Note: Although the caption written with the…

Studio portrait of Poor Wolf (also known as Lean Wolf), a Hidatsa chief, not wearing a shirt and so showing his torso and arms with painted body ornamentation.

The student newspaper in August 1880 records an earlier visit to the school by Poor Wolf.

Note: The authenticity of this ornamentation is questionable; this photo may have…

Studio portrait of Red Dog, a Sioux chief, with Lucy Day and Lizzie Glode. 

The student newspaper reports that Red Dog visited in August 1880. 

Portrait of six Sioux chiefs posed with four other men on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. The man at the far left leaning on the railing is probably Richard Henry Pratt. The chiefs are Red Shirt, Thunder Hawk, Big Head (or Big Headed), John Grass, Two Bear (or Two Bears), and Charger. One of the four other men is Louis Primeau…

Studio portrait of Man-on-the-Cloud, a Cheyenne chief.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-027a and CS-CH-029.1-.2. 

Studio portrait of Man-on-the-Cloud and Mad Wolf, both Cheyenne chiefs. 

Newspaper accounts document a visit by the two chiefs to the school in September 1880.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-026a and CS-CH-042.  

Studio portrait of Left Hand, an Arapaho chief, with his son, U.S. Grant also known as Grant Left Hand. Chief Left Hand visited the school in early September 1880.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has multiple copies of this image: PA-CH1-064a and CS-CH-044.  

A studio portrait, taken in Philadelphia of Chief Left Hand and his son Grant, Chief Little Raven and daughter Anna, and Chief Yellow Bear and his daughter Minnie. This photo was taken in September 1880.