Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Engaged in the Massacre of 1862. A prisoner at Fort Snelling, condemned to death
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- Title
- Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Engaged in the Massacre of 1862. A prisoner at Fort Snelling, condemned to death
- Published/Created
- Saint Paul : Whitney's Gallery, [between 1864 and 1865]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 6 x 10 cm (cartes de visite format)
- Notes
- Three-quarters length portrait of Medicine Bottle seated before wall at Fort Snelling prison compound. Photograph originally taken June 17 1864.
- Printed on verso: Whitney's Gallery Saint Paul The plate from which this Picture was made will be preserved. Copies can be obtained at any time. Photograph Albums In Great Variety. Card Photographs of Indians, Scenery & Celebrities. For Sale.
- 2¢ Federal Internal Revenue proprietary stamp on verso.
- Subject hanged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on November 11 1865.
- Title derived from image caption.
- "Medicine Bottle" variant personal names: Sacred Light, Wa-kan-o-zhan, Wa-Kan'-O-Zan-Zan, Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan.
- "Santee Indians" variant names: Eastern Dakota Indians, Flandreau Indians, Isanti, Santee Sioux Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Dakota Indians.
- Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.
- Fort Snelling (Minn.)
- Indians of North America--Minnesota.
- Mdewakanton Indians.
- Medicine Bottle,---1865--Portraits.
- Santee Indians.
- Siouan Indians.
- Sioux Nation.
- Detention facilities--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Forts & fortifications--American--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Prisoners of war--Dakota--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Genre
- Advertisements 1860-1870.
- Albumen prints 1860-1870.
- Cartes de visite 1860-1870.
- Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 34
- Barcode
- B10933732
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.001
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2436 x 5789
- File Size
- 772 KB
- Record
- 34
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-34/cdv034_001
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"Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Engaged in the Massacre of 1862. A prisoner at Fort Snelling, condemned to death". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-34/cdv034_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 15, 2024.