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Title: Chief Gall
Identifier(s): graphics:7498
Description: Albumen print cabinet card, waist-length portrait of Hunkpapa Lakota chief Gall (c.1840-1894) in war bonnet by George W. Scott, with Fort Yates, Dakota imprint in lower mount, manuscript caption in lower mount and on verso: "Chief Gaul, Oncapapa Sioux Chief." 6.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #14 of collection
Creator: Scott, George W., 1854-1910
Source: Ellen Lehman Native American Photograph Collection (Mss.SMs.Coll.16); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.SMs.Coll.16-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America; Dakota Indians--Photographs; Sioux Nation; Gall, Dakota chief, 1840-1894
Date: Circa 1880-1884

Title: Chief Rain in the Face
Identifier(s): graphics:7499
Description: Albumen print cabinet card, head and shoulders portrait of Hunkpapa Lakota chief Rain in the Face (c.1835-1905) by George W. Scott, with Fort Yates, Dakota imprint in lower mount, manuscript caption in lower mount, "The Second International Congress of Eugenics, Exhibit of Scientific Studies at the American Museum of Natural History, September 22 to October 22, 1921." Exhibitor's label laid down to verso, slight fading, faint oxidation, a few pinholes at top. 6.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #15 of collection
Creator: Scott, George W., 1854-1910
Source: Ellen Lehman Native American Photograph Collection (Mss.SMs.Coll.16); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.SMs.Coll.16-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America; Dakota Indians--Photographs; Sioux Nation; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905
Date: Circa 1880-1889

Title: John Grass
Identifier(s): graphics:7500
Description: Albumen print cabinet card, head and shoulders portrait of Sihasapa Lakota chief John Grass (1837?-1918) by George W. Scott, with "Yankton, S.D." imprint to lower mount, manuscript caption, "John Grass," to lower mount, pinholes at top and bottom. 6.5 x 4.25 inches. Includes lengthy manuscript notes on verso: "1881-1890. Helped U.S. agents to advance the Indian to what he is today. Chief all all [sic.] the Sioux. His adopted son - Major Welch - was at the front in France. Grass advised young men to fight in World War. Early name was Jumping Bear, and known as the 'Daniel Webster' of the Sioux. At age 21 he became infatuated with a captive white woman, Miss Fannie Kelly, who was 19. Her captivity was known to Gen. Sully but he was unable to rescue her. She promised to become his wife after he delivered a letter to Fort Sully on Missouri River in S.D. She escaped. Died at Standing Rock Agency, May 14, 1918."; Image #16 of collection
Creator: Scott, George W., 1854-1910
Source: Ellen Lehman Native American Photograph Collection (Mss.SMs.Coll.16); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.SMs.Coll.16-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America; Dakota Indians--Photographs; Sioux Nation; Grass, John, 1837?-1918
Date: Circa 1880-1889