This is an original photograph of the Wounded Knee Massacre Titled, “Dissarming Hostile Indians Pine Ridge Agency S.D. Copy Righted N.W. Photo Co. Chadron, Neb.” (Disarming Hostile Indians Pine Ridge Agency, the writing in the negative is spelled incorrectly). This is a truly rare photograph showing the Lakota encampment / tipi’s with various Lakota’s, a small lodge at the center, and running across the entire hill side is the United States 7th Cavalry Army soldiers on horseback. The back of the image is written in graphite pencil, “S. Lakota Wounded Knee” and printed, “Views, Wounded Knee Battle, Indian Camps, War Camps, Indian Chiefs. Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War are held by us for sale. Agents wishing to make $10 to $15 per day wanted. Northwestern Photographic Co. Chadron, Neb.”. At the top the card also shows an advertisement for a quack Epilepsy Cure from the famous Minne Pazuta Springs by Trager & Ford. Photography by George Trager. George Trager, of nearby Chadron, NE, was the first photographer on the scene after the Wounded Knee debacle, and took a number of photographs in January 1891 as US troops began collecting and burying bodies left on the field. An iconic image from the series of plates he exposed. The Wounded Knee Massacre, also referred to as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was the massacre of nearly 300 Lakota Indians by the 7th Cavalry Soldiers of the Untied States Army and was part of what the U.S. military called the Pine Ridge Campaign. The event occurred on December 29th, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Provenance: From the Jim Aplan Piedmont, South Dakota collection. The large boudoir card measures 8” by 5”. The card is well kept with a nice clear detailed images on the hard backing with some expected wear but no apparent major damages. Historic piece.