albumen images on square-cornered yellow mounts, each with inked manuscript title on verso in Gardner's hand. The negatives for these images were exposed between late April and early May, 1868, at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Gardner, working in a volunteer capacity for a United States Government Peace Commission, was the only photographer on the scene to record the events of this important treaty between Washington and representatives of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Crow, and the Brule, Oglala and Miniconjou Dakota. The purpose of the negotiations was to end Indian hostilities between white settlers and miners traveling the Bozeman Trail in parts of Wyoming and Montana. Gardner arrived from Washington on April 24 -- too late to record the meetings between the Peace Commissioners and the Brules. On May 10, he photographed the negotiations between the Cheyenne and Arapaho, including Man Afraid of His Horses smoking a pipe -- according to some historians, the only known image of this important ritual (See Fleming 1991:102-103). Fleming notes that of the 200 negatives Gardner produced of the treaty negotiations, about 100 were stereoscopic, and of these, 54 were of Native American subjects. Considered in this context, the collection offered here is remarkable. Twenty-five of the images are of various scenes depicting Native Americans, including four images of the council tipi of Man Afraid of His Horses. The famous published image showing him smoking the pipe is present (labeled No. 88 1/2), along with another image apparently taken immediately beforehand (No. 88). Eight views show Crow attendees, including one of a mounted chief. Cheyenne and Arapaho images include a full-standing view of Little Wolf, one of the principle chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne, and a signatory to the treaty; there are several images of Indian guides and interpreters, as well as the Peace Commissioners, including one showing William Tecumseh Sherman treating with Indians. As an aside, the images clearly reveal Gardner's intent to not only record the negotiations, but also to produce images that he suspected would sell well with the public. Of the group here, only one depicts the landscape. In the remaining images, the focus is on the people and events themselves. Provenance: Property of the Western Reserve Historical Society Condition: Mostly Very Good to Excellent, with strong rich tonality.
albumen images on square-cornered yellow mounts, each with inked manuscript title on verso in Gardner's hand. The negatives for these images were exposed between late April and early May, 1868, at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Gardner, working in a volunteer capacity for a United States Government Peace Commission, was the only photographer on the scene to record the events of this important treaty between Washington and representatives of the Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Crow, and the Brule, Oglala and Miniconjou Dakota. The purpose of the negotiations was to end Indian hostilities between white settlers and miners traveling the Bozeman Trail in parts of Wyoming and Montana. Gardner arrived from Washington on April 24 -- too late to record the meetings between the Peace Commissioners and the Brules. On May 10, he photographed the negotiations between the Cheyenne and Arapaho, including Man Afraid of His Horses smoking a pipe -- according to some historians, the only known image of this important ritual (See Fleming 1991:102-103). Fleming notes that of the 200 negatives Gardner produced of the treaty negotiations, about 100 were stereoscopic, and of these, 54 were of Native American subjects. Considered in this context, the collection offered here is remarkable. Twenty-five of the images are of various scenes depicting Native Americans, including four images of the council tipi of Man Afraid of His Horses. The famous published image showing him smoking the pipe is present (labeled No. 88 1/2), along with another image apparently taken immediately beforehand (No. 88). Eight views show Crow attendees, including one of a mounted chief. Cheyenne and Arapaho images include a full-standing view of Little Wolf, one of the principle chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne, and a signatory to the treaty; there are several images of Indian guides and interpreters, as well as the Peace Commissioners, including one showing William Tecumseh Sherman treating with Indians. As an aside, the images clearly reveal Gardner's intent to not only record the negotiations, but also to produce images that he suspected would sell well with the public. Of the group here, only one depicts the landscape. In the remaining images, the focus is on the people and events themselves. Provenance: Property of the Western Reserve Historical Society Condition: Mostly Very Good to Excellent, with strong rich tonality.
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