Post by Dietmar on Jul 18, 2007 13:55:37 GMT -6
There are only a few photographs of Sihasapa chiefs around, some are already posted in various threads (Crawler, Red Horse, Sitting Crow). John Grass was photographed several times by David F. Barry and others, his father Grass aka Used as a Shield 1872 by Alexander Gardner and Fire Heart V is at least in some group photographs of 1888.
I wonder if the portraits of D. F. Barry of Long Feather show indeed the Blackfoot Chief with that name. I saw the pictures designated by Barry as Hunkpapa, but most photographs of Barry are labelled so, and obviously some of them wrongly.
According to Walter S. Campbell (aka Stanley Vestal), Utley and others, agency officials in late 1876 were sending peace talkers to the camps of the Northern Indians to ask them to come in. Bear´s Face and Long Feather came to Sitting Bull from Standing Rock. Campbell stated only that both men were from Standing Rock. Utley writes that “Long Feather and another Hunkpapa from Standing Rock had come on a mission of peace.”
I would suggest that this Long Feather could only be the Blackfoot Chief, there is no Hunkpapa chief of that name in my books or papers. Am I wrong?
I don´t know anything else about this Long Feather, but he must have been a man of peace and friendly to the whites. Perhaps the crucifix around his neck and the company of Father Craft in the group photo show that he wanted to be on good terms with the missionaries or had been baptised already.
Long Feather by D. F. Barry
Long Feather and Father Craft (back row) by D. F. Barry
(all photos from Denver Public Library)
I hope someone will add something or correct me.
Thank you
Dietmar
I wonder if the portraits of D. F. Barry of Long Feather show indeed the Blackfoot Chief with that name. I saw the pictures designated by Barry as Hunkpapa, but most photographs of Barry are labelled so, and obviously some of them wrongly.
According to Walter S. Campbell (aka Stanley Vestal), Utley and others, agency officials in late 1876 were sending peace talkers to the camps of the Northern Indians to ask them to come in. Bear´s Face and Long Feather came to Sitting Bull from Standing Rock. Campbell stated only that both men were from Standing Rock. Utley writes that “Long Feather and another Hunkpapa from Standing Rock had come on a mission of peace.”
I would suggest that this Long Feather could only be the Blackfoot Chief, there is no Hunkpapa chief of that name in my books or papers. Am I wrong?
I don´t know anything else about this Long Feather, but he must have been a man of peace and friendly to the whites. Perhaps the crucifix around his neck and the company of Father Craft in the group photo show that he wanted to be on good terms with the missionaries or had been baptised already.
Long Feather by D. F. Barry
Long Feather and Father Craft (back row) by D. F. Barry
(all photos from Denver Public Library)
I hope someone will add something or correct me.
Thank you
Dietmar
