Original Photograph Of Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf

IRWIN BROTHERS

Publication: Irwin Studios, Circa 1890, Chickasha, Indian Territory

Cabinet Card. 5.375" x 3.875", Mount 7.375" x 5.25". Original Photograph of Chief Lone Wolf the Younger, Performing the Kiowa War Dance. Chief Lone Wolf the Younger (circa 1843-1923) was a Kiowa warrior named Mamay-day-te. He was participant at the Battle of the Washita against Custer, and later led his tribe during the reservation period into the early 20th century. In 1872, Mamay-day-te saved the son of Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder, during a fight with teamsters at Howard Wells, New Mexico. Two years later, the son of Old Chief Lone Wolf, Gui-pah-gah, the Elder and his nephew were killed by U.S. 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 U.S. governmental influence on the reservation which culminated in the Supreme Court case Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. Lone Wolf the Younger lived in the northern part of the reservation near Mount Scott and the Elk and Rainy Mountain creeks. The Indian Agents called Lone Wolf and his followers "The Implacables" due to their strong opposition to governmental policies. They opposed the placement of their children into government-run schools, and resisted all efforts to make them into farmers and Christians. In this studio photograph Chief Lone Wolf the Younger is dancing the Kiowa War Dance, dressed in a fringed buckskin shirt and beaded pants, with a long, trailing war bonnet, and carrying a hatchet. Photographers, 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 in the 1890's, moving on to Silver City, New Mexico and Bisbee, Arizona from 1904-1922, and later to Douglas, Arizona from 1922-1935. They gained fame for iconic photographs of Indians, including Geronimo and Quanah Parker. Numerous small spots and some minor fading to image. Great image of an important Kiowa Chief.

Inventory Number: 52866