Qui-Wi-Sain-Shish. (Bad Boy,) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. : Who to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley
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Image 1: Qui-Wi-Sain-Shish. (Bad Boy,) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. : Who to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley
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Image 2: Qui-Wi-Sain-Shish. (Bad Boy,) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. : Who to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley
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Record Details
- Title
- Qui-Wi-Sain-Shish. (Bad Boy,) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. : Who to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley
- Published/Created
- Saint Paul : Whitney's Gallery, [between 1864 and 1866]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 6 x 10 cm (cartes de visite format)
- Notes
- Three-quarters length studio portrait of Bad Boy seated wearing western clothing and blanket while holding rifle.
- Title derived from image caption.
- Cancelled 2¢ Federal Internal Revenue proprietary stamp on verso.
- "Bad Boy" variant personal names: Gwiiwizhenzhish, Little Curly Head, Que-we-zans-ish, Qui-wi-sain-shish.
- "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.
- Indians of North America--Minnesota.
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Rifles--1860-1870.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1860-1870.
- Algonquian.
- Indigenous peoples--Minnesota.
- Ojibwe.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 53
- Barcode
- B10933736
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.020
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2412 x 5793
- File Size
- 895 KB
- Record
- 53
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-53/cdv053_001
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- Manifest
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"Qui-Wi-Sain-Shish. (Bad Boy,) Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. : Who to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-53/cdv053_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 13, 2025.