Delegation of Iowa and Sauk and Fox Indians from Nebraska
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: OPPS NEG.54851
label: Local Note
content: Black and white copy negative
name: label: Names
content: Briar Rose
label: Names
content: Deer Ham
label: Names
content: Hard Fish
label: Names
content: Knife
label: Names
content: Lag-er-lash
label: Names
content: Ma-hee
label: Names
content: Pe-ti-o-ki-ma
label: Names
content: Tar-a-kee
label: Names
content: Too-hi
topic: label: Topic
content: British
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
culture: label: Culture
content: Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
label: Culture
content: Iowa
label: Culture
content: Sauk
label: Culture
content: Fox
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: According to accompanying article (Negative 54851-A) the delegation was under Maj. J. A. Burbank, Indian Commissioner for the Great Nebraska Agency, and there were 5 Iowas and 3 Sac and Fox. In addition to those shown in the illustration, there were Moless [Sac and Fox, see BAE Number 625-b], George Gomez,the interpreter of the Sac and Fox ("a fearfully ugly old fellow") and "Mah-hoe" or the Knife [who is actually in the picture, see note above.]

Delegation arrived in Washington January 2, 1866.

British became head chief in 1862. J. C. Ewers 1/68.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photograph (8x10 in)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
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content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Identified beneath line cut and in accompanying article as follows (left to right): Tar-a-kee or Deer Ham (Iowa), Pe-ti-o-ki-ma or Hard Fish (Sauk & Fox), Lag-er-lash or British (Iowa), and Too-hi or Briar Rose (Iowa). The man at the right is identified as Ma-hee or Knife in similar original photograph, BAE Negative 692, which see, also, for variations in spellings of the other names.