Pictographic letter from White Buffalo Head to Minimic
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 30,740

NAA INV 08500000

NAA INV 08500100
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
label: Collection Artist
content: White Buffalo Head (Cheyenne)
label: Collection Addressee
content: Minimic (Cheyenne)
label: Collection Artist
content: Wo-Haw, 1855-1924
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content: Fort Marion drawings collected by Richard H. Pratt
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (2 leaves, laminated, graphite, colored pencil, and ink, 10.5 x 8 inches)
container: label: Container
content: Box 30740, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter from  White Buffalo Head and family to his father, Minimic, then imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. The letter, which spans two sheets of paper, was annotated in red ink by Richard H. Pratt. The letter shows White Buffalo Head, his father Minimic, members of Minimic's family and other Cheyenne people. Also included is a map showing the North Canadian River and tributaries and neighboring trails, camps (identified by chief's name), the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency, and fields identified by owners. A legend and a note in the hand of Richard H. Pratt identifies elements of the drawing and its provenance. One leaf of paper has letterhead of Cheyenne and Arapaho Manual Labor and Boarding School for Indian Children at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency.

The letter was collected and signed by "R.H. Pratt, 1st Lieutenant, 10th Cavalry, Fort Marion, June, 30, 1877."