Name/Title
Modoc Indians Connected to Gen. ERS Canby, Group Photo, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.143Description
Modoc Indians Connected to Gen. E,R.S. Canby, Group Photo, c. 1880. b/w. Four Native Americans in native dress/blankets posed with two white men in hats and over-jackets, Tent behind. Those pictured were scouts or advisors to Gen. Canby during the Modoc Wars, where he was killed on a peace mission in 1873.
Handwritten on back: Standing , back row:
Left: Cpt. O.C. Applegate
Center: Tobey Riddle, Modoc Indian name, Winnema, She warned Gen. Canby not to go unarmed to peace talks w/Modoc Indians. Her cousin killed Canby. Others unknown.
Canby was an officer during the Mexican, Civil & Indian Wars. He defeated Sibley in New Mexico and pushed the Confederates back to Texas, and later returned east in an administrative position as assigned by U.S. .Grant. He was the only U.S. General to die in the Later Indian Wars in 1873. See Museum Graphic, Summer, 1954, Vol VI, No. 3.Made/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1880Notes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
U.S. Army, U.S. Calvary, Union Army, Indian Wars, ModocRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Canby, Edward R.S., GeneralPerson or Organization
O.C. ApplegatePerson or Organization
Winnema