Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull : The above is a true Photo and Autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre

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Title: Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull : The above is a true Photo and Autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre
Creator: Bailey, Dix & Mead, photographer.
Published/Created: Fort Randall, D.T. : Bailey, Dix & Mead, 1882; ©1882
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Sitting Bull seated holding pipe and tobacco bag. Photograph taken while subject held as prisoner of war at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory.; Printed on verso: No. 1. Sitting Bull, And True Autograph. This noted Chief, With his band of Uncapapa Sioux, now prisoners of war at Fort Randall, D.T., is 43 years of age; Weight 200 lbs; Height, 5 ft. 9 in. Has had over 100 engagements with their natural enemies, the Crows, of which he proudly boasts, but is too shrewd to acknowledge to having killed any whites. He has had 9 wives. The two now living with him appear with descriptions in Nos. 5, 11 and 20. Has had one child by each of his first 6 wives. 1. Sitting Bull. 2. Winter Quarters. 3. Steps. 4. Medicine Tepee. 5. Sitting Bull and Favorite Wife. 6. Winter Quarters. 7. One Bull. 8. Winter Quarters. 9. Issuing Rations. 10. Woman's Rights. 11. Sitting Bull, Squaw and Twins. 12. True to Nature. 13. Morning Visit. 14. Stealing the Trade. 15. Battalion Drill. 16. One Bull and Black Prairie Chicken. 17. Issuing Supplies. 18. Morning Roll Call. 19. Squaws Carrying Wood. 20. Sitting Bull, Two Wives and Three Papooses. 21. Winter Quarters. 22. Eat Dog and Family. 23. Summer View. 24. Summer View. Address, Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, D.T.; Signature claimed by photographers to be signature of Sitting Bull printed as part of image caption.; "Copyrighted, 1882, by Bailey, Dix & Mead."; Title derived from image caption.; "Sitting Bull" variant personal names: Four Horn, Hunkesi, Jumping Badger, Sitting Buffalo Bull, Slon-he, Slow, Tah-ton-ka-he-yo-ta-kah, Tatanka Iyotanka, Tatanka Yotanka, Toro Seduto, Toro Sentado.; "Hunkpapa Indians" variant names: Unc Papa Indians, Uncpapa Indians, Unkpapa Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Fort Randall (S.D.); Hunkpapa Indians.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Lakota Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sitting Bull,--1831-1890--Portraits.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Pipes (Smoking)--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Prisoners of war--Lakota--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1890.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Cabinet photographs 1880-1890.; Portrait photographs 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 317
Barcode: B10929924
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB Bai-Dix.001
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 3480 x 5810
File Size: 772 KB
Record: 317
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Full citation: "Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull : The above is a true Photo and Autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-317/cab005_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 25, 2025.