Included in this lot for your consideration is an original photograph of Shoshone Native American Indian Chief Washakie's squaw. The photograph shows the woman with a traditional papoose on her back, carrying a young child. 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. Overall, the photograph shows very good condition. The photo is preservation shrink wrapped to acid-free mat-board. The photo itself measures 9 3/4" x 7 3/4".
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