Description Dressed in a soldier's uniform and wearing a hair pipe breast plate and distinctive kit fox skin that symbolizes his position, a leader of the Kit Fox warrior society, struggles for a knife in hand-to-hand combat with a Nez Perce. The Nez Perce wears a short capote and blue pants with garters. This drawing likely shows the same event illustrated by an unknown artist in the Little Wolf Band Ledger (Powell, 1975, pp. 46-47). From the article: Preserving History in the Southern...

Description There are two drawings in the 1879 book depicting warrior society dances. With painted faces and wearing roaches with eagle feathers, hair pipe chokers, and garters, the two dancers seem to be celebrating a victory. The man on the right carries a firearm and wears a calico shirt, vest, leggings, a breechcloth, and German silver armbands. Warrior society regalia are shown on the left. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger...

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

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Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by unknown artists, bound in the Herber M. Creel ledger book.

Description In this drawing from the 1879 ledger book, a Cheyenne warrior counts coup on a fallen adversary as he attempts to shoot his arrow. The artist drew the enemy with few details while his own self-portrait includes identifying features – the black shirt and hat with a silver pin, German silver pendant, bandana with a silver slide, silver arm bands and hair plates, and a shield with images of the sun and full and crescent moons. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern...

Description In a running battle on horseback, a Cheyenne, wearing a vest, calico shirt, painted and beaded leggings, German silver hair plates, and a peace medal (or similar medallion), attempts to count coup on a Pawnee warrior painted entirely in blue and wearing only a breechcloth and moccasins. As he aims his bow and arrow, the Pawnee's previous four arrows have passed by the Cheyenne. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings...