2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
Albumen photograph, 7-1/2”x4-3/4”, of seven Indian men in full gear, two holding tomahawks, with ink ID on verso which reads “Group of Shooshnee’s. The three front figuress are Washakie in the center his son Dick on the left a son in law Figee on the right...” VG. Fort Washakie, Wyoming, came into existence in 1869 as a U. S. Army frontier post named Camp Augur. It was established as part of the provisions of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Bridger that created the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Agency (today known as the Wind River Indian Reservation). In 1871, the name was changed to Camp Brown and relocated 15 miles north of it's original location to a permanent site on the reservation. In 1878, the name was changed once again, to honor Chief Washakie (as shown in this photograph) of the Eastern Shoshones.
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