American soldiers gathering up dead Sioux Indians after the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, 1892

Description

Photograph of American soldiers gathering up dead Sioux Indians after the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, 1890. Three soldiers are standing in the foreground by a donkey-drawn wagon full of the stiff bodies of dead Indians. There are four donkeys hitched to the wagon at right, and the Indians are visible over the wooden sides of the vehicle. A group of seven mounted cavalrymen is standing on the snowy hill above the wagon, and another wagon with a team of four donkeys is in the background at left.

Title:

American soldiers gathering up dead Sioux Indians after the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, 1892

Record ID:

chs-m19192

Names & Dates

Created:

1890

Creator:

[photographer] Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Indians of North America , Sioux Indians , War , Wounded Knee Creek, Battle of, 1890 , Indians of North America -- Industries , Sioux Indians , [file heading] Indians -- Sioux , grasslands

Coverage:

1890

Place:

[states/provinces] South Dakota
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m19192

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-13984
[accession no] 11974
[call no] CHS-11974
[microfiche no] 1-181-22