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Black Horse ledger ca. 1877-1879

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Title Black Horse ledger ca. 1877-1879

Date Created 1877-1879

Place Great Plains

Language English

Subjects Cheyenne art, Cheyenne Indians, Indian ledger drawings

Description For additional information, consult the Special Collections Info File. Cf. also "They drew from power: an introduction to Northern Cheyenne ledger book art." In Montana past and present / Peter J. Powell and Michael Malone. Los Angeles : William Andrews Clark Library, University of California, 1976, p. 3-54.

Summary Cheyenne ledger book, probably illustrated between 1877 and 1879, containing drawings by Black Horse and other Cheyenne warrior artists of scenes of warfare, hunting, and courtship. The Black Horse ledger book forms part of the long tradition of the Plains Indians of chronicling their lives pictorially, first on buffalo hides, and later, between 1865 and 1935, on the blank pages of ledger books obtained from U.S. soldiers, traders, missionaries, and reservation employees. Warriors who fought in both the Northern and Southern Plains contributed drawings to this ledger, which depict Cheyenne attacks on Pawnee, Shoshone, Crow, and Snake Indians--both men and women; and encounters with white Army soldiers, and white settlers, some taking place inside houses, and possibly dating from 1878, when young men from Little Wolf and Morning Star's people were raiding during the flight home from the south. Pages 22-23 contain a scene with caption "Cheyenne camp attacked at Powder River by soldiers (Mackenzies). Fall of 1876". Another drawing documents the 1874 attack near the Washita River on a wagon train under the escort of Major Lyman of the 5th Infantry. In addition to scenes of violent warfare, drawings of elk hunting and courtship are included.

Extent 192, [2] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 40 x 17 cm

Format Ledgers

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number VAULT oversize Ayer MS 3227

BibID 991795968805867

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8Z81MJ213

Original File Name 991795968805867_Ayer_MS_3227

Unique identifier NL12M8O9

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