. Contained in: Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier) See Others in: Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. Phy. Description: 42 drawings : graphite, colored pencil, and ink ; 61 x 92 cm. Click to view image set: Slideshow Bio / His Notes: Red Horse was a chief of the Miniconjou division of the Teton. Dr. Charles E. McChesney was an Army physician based at Fort Bennet, Dakota Territory in 1881. Summary: Sheets are numbered 0-41 (Number 27 missing). 1 page Manuscript in Charles E. McChesney's hand summarizing subjects as follows: Sheets 1-5, Soldier
. Contained in: Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier) See Others in: Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. Phy. Description: 42 drawings : graphite, colored pencil, and ink ; 61 x 92 cm. Click to view image set: Slideshow Bio / His Notes: Red Horse was a chief of the Miniconjou division of the Teton. Dr. Charles E. McChesney was an Army physician based at Fort Bennet, Dakota Territory in 1881. Summary: Sheets are numbered 0-41 (Number 27 missing). 1 page Manuscript in Charles E. McChesney's hand summarizing subjects as follows: Sheets 1-5, Soldiers approaching village; 6-10, Indian village; 11-15, Indians charging soldiers; 16-20, Custer's column fighting; 21-25, Dead cavalry horses--Custer's; 26-30, Dead Sioux killed by Custer's column; 31-35, Dead Cavalry--Custer's column; 36-41, Indians leaving the battle ground. Provenance: The drawings were produced by Red Horse at the request of Dr. McChesney as illustrations to accompany the story of the battle, which he recorded in support of Garrick Mallery's study of Plains sign language. They were made at the Cheyenne River Agency in 1881. Correspondence regarding their production is located in the BAE Correspondence files. Place of creation: United States South Dakota Cheyenne River Agency. Cite as: Manuscript 2367-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution Publication: Map and Numbers 5, 8, 12, 16, 27 (now missing), 30, 32, 39, and 41 published by Mallery in 'Picture Writing of the American Indians,' Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 10, Washington, D. C., 1893 as Plates 39-48. 19 Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. 7900
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