Steps : A Nes Perce Indian, who escaped from his band, while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska, by Gen'l Miles, in 1878

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Title: Steps : A Nes Perce Indian, who escaped from his band, while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska, by Gen'l Miles, in 1878
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: Full length studio portrait of Steps wearing western clothing and kneeling with hand placed on side table. Photograph taken while subject held as prisoner of war at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory.; Steps (whose tribal origins are uncertain; possibly Shoshoni-Bannock) was purported to have been enslaved by an unidentified Western Plains tribe before being sold to Kamaiakin, war chief of the Yakimas. Steps lost both feet below the ankles and right hand after being chained outside in sub-zero temperature. After being released by Kamaiakin's son Steps was taken in by Chief Joseph's Nez Perce band and participated in the conflict of 1877 before escaping across the Canadian border and joining Sitting Bull's camp.; Printed on verso: No. 3. Steps. A Nes Perce Indian, who escaped from his band, while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska, by Gen'l Miles, in 1878. He then joined Sitting Bull's band of Uncapapa Souix Indians in the British possessions and has followed their fortunes ever since. He lost his feet above the ankles, also his right hand by being frozen, having been caught in one of the severe snow storms, 21 years ago. 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.; "Copyrighted, 1882, by Bailey, Dix & Mead."; Title derived from image caption on verso.; "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.; "Steps" variant personal names: Attween, Itskimze Kin, No Feet, Seeskoomkee.; "Hunkpapa Indians" variant names: Unc Papa Indians, Uncpapa Indians, Unkpapa Indians.; "Nez Percé Indians" variant names: Chopunnish Indians, Nimapu Indians, Nimiipu Indians, Numipu 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.; Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific.; Lakota Indians.; Nez Percé Indians.; Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877.; Shahaptian Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sitting Bull,--1831-1890; Steps--Portraits.; Amputees--United States--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--United States--1880-1890.; People with disabilities--United States--1880-1890.; Prisoners of war--Nez Percé--Dakota Territory--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: 318
Barcode: B10929929
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB Bai-Dix.002
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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 3480 x 5796
File Size: 761 KB
Record: 318
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Full citation: "Steps : A Nes Perce Indian, who escaped from his band, while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska, by Gen'l Miles, in 1878". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-318/cab006_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 29, 2025.