Original Photograph Of Sitting Bull And His Nephew, One Bull.

PALMQUIST & JURGENS--PHOTOGRAPHERS

Publication: Palmquist & Jurgens, 1884, St Paul

Original Photograph of Hunkpapa Sioux Indians, Chief Sitting Bull and his nephew, One Bull. Cabinet Card. Image: 4"x5.625". Mount: 4.25"x6.5". Imprint on verso: "Photographed and Published by Palmquist & Jurgens, Cor. Seventh and Robert Sts. St. Paul, Minn." In July, 1881, Sitting Bull and his followers surrendered at Fort Buford, in Dakota Territory, after nearly five years in exile in Canada. They were held at Fort Buford until May, 1883, when they were permitted to transfer to Standing Rock Agency. This photograph was taken in 1883 at Fort Randall or Standing Rock by Palmquist & Jurgens. A handsome image, Sitting Bull and One Bull are seated. Sitting Bull is dressed in a rather ornate jacket, beaded across the shoulders, with fur cuffs and fur at the upper arm. His pants are beaded and fringed. He wears beaded moccasins and his hair is braided, with a single eagle feather. One Bull wears a somewhat plain jacket or coat, pants, and moccasins. His hair is braided with what are likely ermine skins. Both men hold a peace pipe between them with a distinct spiral-carved pipestem. Sitting Bull holds in his other hand a tamp for the pipe and a beaded pipe bag. There were other images of Sitting Bull taken at the same time, as he is wearing the same clothes, holding the same peace pipe, in the same setting. They are attributed by the State Historical Society of North Dakota to have been taken at Fort Randall or Standing Rock in 1883. In the blank margin at the bottom of the cabinet card is a facsimile signature of Sitting Bull followed by "and Nephew, One Bull. Underneath is printed the following:"(Copyrighted, 1884, by Palmquist & Jurgen.)". The cabinet has been bent horizontally across the bottom of the image, creating a thin, rather insignificant crack in the image about 1" from the bottom edge (at their ankles). Otherwise a clean, sharp image of Sitting Bull with his favorite nephew.

Inventory Number: 53392