Sitting Bull (Oglala) - Saville Ledger

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Front cover #2

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See Alternate or Detail of this plate: Personal tally of battle wounds & war-damaged possessions: 5 personal wounds, 4 caused by bullets and 1 by an arrow; 9 wounds to his horses (bleeding horse tracks); damaged shield, shirt, blanket (stripes at each end), quiver & parfleche cylinder case for a headdress. This was probably the container in which Sitting Bull carried the stuffed hawk skin worn on his head in one of the Daily Graphic engravings. Note that he shows himself wounded and supported on two canes. Caption: Represents the number of wounds scored in all the [battles?].


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Various owners (dispersed); Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York, and A...

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Plate No: 15
Page No: Front Cover #2
Media: lead pencil, crayon, and ink
Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches
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Various owners
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Oglala
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