Photographs of Tichkematse drawings of Fort Supply hunt
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R79-24
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints, negatives, and slides made by Smithsonian Institution, 1976-1978.
name: label: Artist
content: Tichkematse, 1857-1932
place: label: Place
content: Fort Supply (Okla.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Hunting
creator: label: Artist
content: Tichkematse, 1857-1932
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Tichkematse (1857-1932, also known as Squint Eyes) was a Cheyenne artist, Smithsonian Institution employee, and Army scout.  From 1875-1878, he was among a group of Plains Indians held as prisoners of war at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida.  While at Fort Marion, he learned to read, write and speak English. Upon release he attended the Hampton Institute for about a year before starting employment at the Smithsonian in 1879. As a Smithsonian employee, he prepared bird and mammal specimens for study and display and produced drawings illustrating his life on the Plains.  Tichkematse returned to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation in 1880, but continued to collect bird and mammal specimens as well as Cheyenne craftswork for the Smithsonian. In 1885, he enlisted as a scout for the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Supply.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 34 Copy negatives
label: Extent
content: 25 Color slides
label: Extent
content: 30 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Book of drawings loaned by David D. Longmaid for copying, 1976. David Longmaid was the grandson of Major John Dunlop, a member of the hunting party.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R79-24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals for 21 drawings in National Anthropological Archives in MS 7500, ACC 91-13.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made from drawings by Tichkematse.  The drawings document an 1887 hunting trip made by Colonel Bliss of Fort Supply and Major John Dunlop, a visitor to the fort from Washington DC.  Most of the figures depicted in the drawings are Cheyenne men who were enlisted as United States Army scouts; many are identified.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional drawings by Tichkematse can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 290,844-290,845, MS 290845-c, and MS 39D-2.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: A photograph of Tichkematse at Fort Marion can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Tichkematse donated items to the Department of Anthropology in accessions 009922 and 019931.