Medicine Water and wife, Mochi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. / O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer
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Image 1: Medicine Water and wife, Mochi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. / O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer
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Image 2: Medicine Water and wife, Mochi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. / O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer
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Record Details
- Title
- Medicine Water and wife, Mochi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. / O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer
- Published/Created
- Savannah, GA. : O. Pierre Havens, [approximately 1877 to 1880]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 10 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
- Notes
- Group portrait of Southern Cheyenne chief Medicine Water and wife Mochi (also known as Buffalo Calf Woman) imprisoned at Fort Marion as prisoners of war. Medicine Water (seated at right next to buffalo hide) wears cotton print shirt, vest, bone hairpipe breastplate, and wool trade blanket with bead embroidered strip. Raphael "Romeo" Romero, an interpreter of Mexican-Arapaho descent kidnapped by Comanche Indians as a child, is seated on cannon in background wearing western clothing. Original negative likely produced around 1875 by O. Piere Havens.
- Printed on verso: O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer, 143 Broughton Street, Savannah, GA., Publisher of the Largest Collection of Southern Views in the United States.
- Title derived from image caption on verso.
- "Arapaho Indians" variant names: Arapahoe Indians, Gens de Vache, Hinono'eino, Inun-ina.
- "Cheyenne Indians" variant names: Suhtaio Indians, Tsitsistas Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Arapaho Indians.
- Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
- Cheyenne Indians.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Mixed descent.
- Medicine Water--(Southern Cheyenne chief),--approximately 1844-1931--Portraits.
- Mexicans--Mixed descent.
- Mochi,--approximately 1841-1881--Portraits.
- Red River War, 1874-1875.
- Romero, Raphael,--approximately 1843-1902--Portraits.
- Cannons--Florida--Saint Augustine--1870-1880.
- Clothing & dress--United States--1870-1880.
- Detention facilities--Florida--Saint Augustine--1870-1880.
- Embroidery--1870-1880.
- Forts & fortifications--American--Florida--Saint Augustine--1870-1880.
- Hides & skins--1870-1880.
- Indian interpreters--Florida--Saint Augustine--1870-1880.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1870-1880.
- Prisoners of war--Cheyenne--Florida--Saint Augustine--1870-1880.
- Spouses--United States--1870-1880.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 123
- Barcode
- B10931988
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt STE Hav.006
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5808 x 3339
- File Size
- 816 KB
- Record
- 123
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"Medicine Water and wife, Mochi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. / O. Pierre Havens, (Successor to Wilson & Havens,) Photographer". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-123/ste046_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 27, 2025.