Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Hung at Fort Snelling, November 11th, 1865, for participating in the Massacre of 1862. / Upton Photo
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- Title
- Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Hung at Fort Snelling, November 11th, 1865, for participating in the Massacre of 1862. / Upton Photo
- Published/Created
- [Saint Paul] : [Joel E. Whitney], [approximately 1865]
- [Saint Anthony, Minnesota] : Upton, [approximately 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.
- Original photographer likely Joel E. Whitney.
- Contemporary inscription on verso: Hung at Ft Snelling Minn Nov 11 1865 - For participating in southern Minnesota Massacre in 1862.
- 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.
- Upton, B. F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--distributor.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 36
- Barcode
- B10933737
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.003
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2400 x 5787
- File Size
- 754 KB
- Record
- 36
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-36/cdv036_001
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"Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan, (Medicine Bottle) : Hung at Fort Snelling, November 11th, 1865, for participating in the Massacre of 1862. / Upton Photo". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-36/cdv036_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 16, 2024.