Native American Photographs

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"Bogus Charley"

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Albumen print. Half length portrait of captured Modoc man known as Bogus Charley, wearing a light colored shirt and scarf tied around his neck.

"Boston Charley."

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Albumen print. Half length portrait of captured Modoc man known as Boston Charley. He wears a light colored shirt and jacket.

"Breaking up camp."

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Stereograph. Image of a Ute family seen gathered near a partially dismantled tipi. A boy is seen at far right holding a rifle.

"Burgess and Boston Charley"

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Albumen print. Portrait of Boston Charley standing with John C. Burgess of Yreka, California. Charley holds a rifle in his hands.

"Cappolas, capturer of 'Captain Jack' of the Modocs."

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Albumen print. Full length portrait of Modoc chief Cappolas (Capolis), wearing a buckskin top and pants adorned with feathers and furs. He holds a bow and arrow in his proper right hand.

"Cappolas, capturer of 'Captain Jack' of the Modocs"

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Albumen print. Full length portrait of reclining Modoc chief Cappolas (Capolis), wearing a buckskin top and pants adorned with feathers and furs. He holds a bow and arrow in his proper right hand.

"Domestic scene"

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a family of Kai-Vav-It Indians gathered under a cedar tree. One woman holds up her baby who is strapped to a cradleboard.

"Donald McKay, chief of the Warm Spring Indians"

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Cabinet size albumen print. Full length portrait of Donald McKay, a Warm Spring man. He wears a plaid shirt, a striped blanket wrapped over his shoulders and feathers in his headband.