Beef Killing, Fort Yates
date: label: date made
content: 1883-06-12
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of a cattle slaughter at Fort Yates. Written in ink at bottom is: "Beef Killing / Fort Yates / June 12, 1883". The bodies of several dead cattle lie inside of a corral. Several soldiers and American Indians, on horseback and standing, look on from behind the corral. Written on back in ink is: "Under the present Indian Agent James McLaughlin / at Standing Rock, North Dakota. The Indian police shoot / the cattle, and cannot enter the corral until they are / quite dead. When the entire beef is issued. / The tongue when taken out of an animal before it was / dead was considered the choice part - and the Indians / were allowed and were keen to get it. The present agent / more humane, will not permit this cruelty - a United State / officer appointed by Department Commander is / present at all the issues to inspect the beef - / and all other supplies - Lieutenent James Burman U.S.A / was inspector at Standing Rock."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: United States: North Dakota, Fort Yates
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0311.08
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 11 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 29.21 cm