L. T. Butterfield photograph of Plenty Horses' Trial Group No. 1
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 165
name: label: Creator
content: Butterfield, L. T.
label: Names
content: Plenty Horses, d. 1933
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Sioux
topic: label: Topic
content: Trials
label: Topic
content: Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
creator: label: Creator
content: Butterfield, L. T.
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Plenty Horses was tried at Fort Meade in South Dakota for the killing of Army Lieutenant Edward W. Casey during the Wounded Knee Massacre. The central argument of Plenty Horses' lawyers George Nock and David Powers was that a state of war existed between the United States and the Lakota Nation; as such, the belligerents could kill each other without threat of criminal penalty. The court found that a state of war did exist and released Plenty Horses, thereby exonerating the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry involved in the Massacre.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Copy negatives (35 mm)
label: Extent
content: 1 Copy print
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1891
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Helen L. Niesen, 1991.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.165
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Copy prints
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Original retained by Helen L. Niesen.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Portrait of people involved in Plenty Horses' Trial, including Plenty Horses, Living Bear, Bear-That-Lays-Down, He Dog, Broken Arm, White Moon, Rock Road, Pete Richard, Phillip H. Wells, William Rowland Thompson, Cris Mathison, F. C. Fry, Captain J. G. Ballance, W. B. Sterling, George P. Nock, and D. E. Powers.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: An additional Butterfield photograph held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.