Cut Nose, : Who in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, murdered 18 Women and Children and 5 Men. / Whitney, St. Paul

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Title: Cut Nose, : Who in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, murdered 18 Women and Children and 5 Men. / Whitney, St. Paul
Creator: Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886, photographer.
Published/Created: Saint Paul : Whitney, 1862; ©1862
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 6 x 10 cm (cartes de visite format)
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Cut Nose seated wearing western shirt and traditional feather headdress.; Subject one of 38 Santee Dakota men hanged in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26 1862.; "Entered according to Act of Congress, by J.E. Whitney, in the year 1862, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota.".; Contemporary inscription on verso: Spring of 1863 from P.W.; Title derived from image caption.; "Cut Nose" variant personal names: Mahpe-o-ke-na-ji, Mahpiya Akan Nazin, Marpiya Oki Najin, One Who Stands on a Cloud.; "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.; Cut Nose,---1862--Portraits.; Dakota Indians.; Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.; Indians of North America--Minnesota.; Mdewakanton Indians.; Santee Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Headdresses--1860-1870.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Warriors--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Dakota (North American people); Indigenous peoples--Minnesota.; Mdewakanton.; Santee (North American people); Siouan.
Genre: 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: 41
Barcode: B10933513
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.008
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 2424 x 5798
File Size: 767 KB
Record: 41
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-41/cdv041_001

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Full citation: "Cut Nose, : Who in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, murdered 18 Women and Children and 5 Men. / Whitney, St. Paul". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-41/cdv041_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 21, 2025.