Original Photograph Of Chief Lone Wolf Performing The Kiowas War Dance

IRWIN, WILLIAM EDWARD [PHOTOGRAPHER]

Publication: Irwin Studios, nd circa 1890, Chickasha, Indian Territory, nd (circa 1890)

7-3/8" x 5-1/4" "Original Irwin Brothers photograph mounted on cabinet card. "Chief Lone Wolf (the younger) participated at the Battle of the Washita against Custer and later led his tribe during the reservation period into the early 20th century. Lone Wolf the Younger (ca. 1843-1923) was a Kiowa. Lone Wolf the Younger was a warrior named Mamay-day-te. In 1872, Mamay-day-te saved the son of Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder, during a skirmish with teamsters at Howard Wells, New Mexico. Two years later, the son of the Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder and his nephew were killed by American Troops. Mamay-day-te was among the raid avenging the deaths and counted his first coup during the attack. Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder gave his name to Mamay-day-te. Lone Wolf the Younger led the Kiowa resistance to United States governmental influence on the reservation which culminated up to the Supreme Court case Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. Lone Wolf the Younger lived along with his Kiowa followers in the northern part of the reservation near Mount Scott and the Elk and Rainy Mountain creeks. The Indian Agents for the reservation called Lone Wolf and his followers "The Implacables" due to their strong opposition to governmental policies. They opposed the government at every turn and fought to keep their children out of government run schools and they resisted being turned into farmers and Christians. Lone Wolf and his group particularly opposed the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Act which was enacted in 1887." Lone Wolf is dancing in fringed buckskin shirt and beaded pants with a long trailing war bonnet and carrying a hatchet. William Edward Irwin and Marvin Elmore Irwin were pioneering photographers in Texas before moving to Chickasha, Indian Territory, where they had studios in Chickasha and Duncan (1890's), Silver City and Bisbee, AZ (1904-1922) and Douglas, AZ (1922-1935), and gained fame for iconic photos of Indians, including Geronimo and Quanah Parker." Numerous small spots, minimal fading, else clean and clear photograph.

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