This is an original circa 1870 photograph of Chief Washakie at Fort Stambaugh, Wyoming taken by William Henry Jackson on the Hayden Survey, September 1870. This is an original albumen photograph cabinet card that has been nicely professionally framed, the image has been identified and documented as being Chief Washakie at Fort Stambaugh, Wyoming taken by William Henry Jackson on the Hayden Survey in September 1870 (courtesy of the Brinton Museum and The Historical Marker Database). Washakie, born in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana estimated by historian Gale Ontoko to have been between circa 1798 and 1810 was originally named Pinaquanah (Pina Quanah, “Smells of Sugar”). Washakie was a prominent leader of the Shoshone people during the mid-19th century. He was first mentioned in 1840 in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging of trapper Jim Bridger, Washakie led a band of Shoshones to the council meetings of the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Essentially from that time until his death, he was considered the head of the Eastern Shoshones by the representatives of the United States government. William Henry Jackson (1843-1922) was a member of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1870-1871 which was an extensive exploration of the Yellowstone Region. It was Jackson's photographs of the expedition that led to Congress establishing Yellowstone as the first national park. This portrait photograph shows Chief Washakie sitting in a studio, posing for the photo. He is looking directly at the viewer and has a stoic look on his face. He is wearing a plaid shirt and wears a large necklace with his hair down past his shoulders. It is matted once with off-white colored matting paper. It is set in a gray/blue colored wood frame and sits behind glass to preserve its condition. It shows good condition overall with a slight crease down the center left of the photo, but no major signs of damage is noted. The visible photo area measures 5 1/2" L x 3 3/4" W, while the entire piece measures 13 1/8" L x 11" W x 1 1/8" D. It weighs 1 pound and 8 ounces. One of the earlier photographs of Washakie by a true icon of photography in the Old West.