Sioux Chief "Grey Eagle" and Family (1899). Color Halftone Printing by Ingersoll
At a time when the vast majority of stereoviews were black & white photographs mounted on cardboard, the T. W. Ingersoll Company published these brightly colored stereo images using a printing process like that used to reproduce photos in newspapers. Although the result is not as pleasing as beautifully hand colored photographs, Ingersoll stereoviews were inexpensive and very popular. Another advantage that is more apparent now, a century later, is that Ingersoll mounts remain flat whereas nearly all mounted photographs are annoyingly curled.
In the picture above, Grey Eagle, the chief, is shown at the right, his son Tomahawk to the left and his wife and youngest child in the opening to the lodge. Grey Eagle wears the full regalia of the chief, the war bonnet being remarkable for the beauty of the eagle feathers. The child in the wife’s arms is deprived of his usual carrying board by the fact that the family is away from home and the mother has extemporized a Sioux carrying bag. The shawl which is draped over her shoulders will, upon occasions, be deftly fashioned into a sack and the child placed upright therein. It is held just over one of the mother’s shoulders. Holding the fabric closely crossed over her breast, Mrs. Grey Eagle can carry the baby without great inconvenience for a long distance. [From the description on the back of the card]
Born an Oglala about 1850-54, Gray Eagle was among the northern or "non treaty" bands living away from the agencies by the 1870s. In the spring of 1872, Sitting Bull approached Gray Eagle about marrying his sister, Four Robes, an action that suggests that Gray Eagle's father had died by this time. That fall, Sitting Bull also married a second sister, Seen by the Nation, a widow with two sons. As a brother-in-law of Sitting Bull, Gray Eagle became closely aligned with the noted Hunkpapa headman.
Gray Eagle married a Hunkpapa woman named Deer Woman Tahca Winla (later known as Lizzie Gray Eagle) by about 1874(?). Gray Eagle appears to have joined the Hunkpapa about this time. In 1876, Gray Eagle, now about 22 years old, fought against the Army at the Battles of the Rosebud and at the Little Bighorn. During Sitting Bull's council with Colonel Miles, Gray Eagle was standing nearby, holding horses. He was among the Hunkpapa who fled across the boundary into Canada for more than 2 years. Gray Eagle later recalled that he and Low Dog, a rising northern Oglala leader, were good friends and that they decided to come in and surrender in advance of Sitting Bull and other Hunkpapa.
Gray Eagle is first listed in agency documents as a leader of his own band in November 1882. Agent James McLaughlin described Gray Eagle as "a man of determination and strong will power... an influential leader of his people." He was noted as one of the first of the northern Hunkpapa to adopt western dress. He served as a tribal judge and went to Washington, D.C. as a delegate from Standing Rock in 1888.
His relationship with his brother-in-law, Sitting Bull, has been open to debate. Gray Eagle said that their relationship began to deteriorate in the late 1880s when he was attempting to persuade Sitting Bull to abandon traditional ways and to not engage in the newly emerging Ghost Dance. "You go ahead and follow what white man says but for my part, leave me alone," Sitting Bull reportedly said. Gray Eagle warned Sitting Bull that his refusal to obey the Indian agent would cause trouble. "We have been friends for a long time," Gray Eagle replied, "but if you are not going to do as whites say, we will not be together any more."
There is considerable speculation as to why Gray Eagle accompanied the agency police to Sitting Bull's home that morning of December 15, 1890. Some have speculated that he had turned against his brother-in-law and had led the police there. Others suggest that he came to protect his sisters and their children. Gray Eagle himself said that he went to try and use his influence to convince Sitting Bull to come in to the Agency with the police as ordered. Tragically, during the struggle with the agency police, Sitting Bull and several family members were killed.
In the aftermath of Sitting Bull's death, his widows and children joined Gray Eagle's band and then, about 1892, transferred to the Pine Ridge Agency. Gray Eagle remained at Standing Rock as a vocal spokesman for his community. He died at Standing Rock on June 13, 1935. [Post by ephriam at American Tribes. Com. Read more: amertribes.proboards.com/thread/171#ixzz2nJ5smIHg]
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Sioux Chief "Grey Eagle" and Family (1899). Color Halftone Printing by Ingersoll
At a time when the vast majority of stereoviews were black & white photographs mounted on cardboard, the T. W. Ingersoll Company published these brightly colored stereo images using a printing process like that used to reproduce photos in newspapers. Although the result is not as pleasing as beautifully hand colored photographs, Ingersoll stereoviews were inexpensive and very popular. Another advantage that is more apparent now, a century later, is that Ingersoll mounts remain flat whereas nearly all mounted photographs are annoyingly curled.
In the picture above, Grey Eagle, the chief, is shown at the right, his son Tomahawk to the left and his wife and youngest child in the opening to the lodge. Grey Eagle wears the full regalia of the chief, the war bonnet being remarkable for the beauty of the eagle feathers. The child in the wife’s arms is deprived of his usual carrying board by the fact that the family is away from home and the mother has extemporized a Sioux carrying bag. The shawl which is draped over her shoulders will, upon occasions, be deftly fashioned into a sack and the child placed upright therein. It is held just over one of the mother’s shoulders. Holding the fabric closely crossed over her breast, Mrs. Grey Eagle can carry the baby without great inconvenience for a long distance. [From the description on the back of the card]
Born an Oglala about 1850-54, Gray Eagle was among the northern or "non treaty" bands living away from the agencies by the 1870s. In the spring of 1872, Sitting Bull approached Gray Eagle about marrying his sister, Four Robes, an action that suggests that Gray Eagle's father had died by this time. That fall, Sitting Bull also married a second sister, Seen by the Nation, a widow with two sons. As a brother-in-law of Sitting Bull, Gray Eagle became closely aligned with the noted Hunkpapa headman.
Gray Eagle married a Hunkpapa woman named Deer Woman Tahca Winla (later known as Lizzie Gray Eagle) by about 1874(?). Gray Eagle appears to have joined the Hunkpapa about this time. In 1876, Gray Eagle, now about 22 years old, fought against the Army at the Battles of the Rosebud and at the Little Bighorn. During Sitting Bull's council with Colonel Miles, Gray Eagle was standing nearby, holding horses. He was among the Hunkpapa who fled across the boundary into Canada for more than 2 years. Gray Eagle later recalled that he and Low Dog, a rising northern Oglala leader, were good friends and that they decided to come in and surrender in advance of Sitting Bull and other Hunkpapa.
Gray Eagle is first listed in agency documents as a leader of his own band in November 1882. Agent James McLaughlin described Gray Eagle as "a man of determination and strong will power... an influential leader of his people." He was noted as one of the first of the northern Hunkpapa to adopt western dress. He served as a tribal judge and went to Washington, D.C. as a delegate from Standing Rock in 1888.
His relationship with his brother-in-law, Sitting Bull, has been open to debate. Gray Eagle said that their relationship began to deteriorate in the late 1880s when he was attempting to persuade Sitting Bull to abandon traditional ways and to not engage in the newly emerging Ghost Dance. "You go ahead and follow what white man says but for my part, leave me alone," Sitting Bull reportedly said. Gray Eagle warned Sitting Bull that his refusal to obey the Indian agent would cause trouble. "We have been friends for a long time," Gray Eagle replied, "but if you are not going to do as whites say, we will not be together any more."
There is considerable speculation as to why Gray Eagle accompanied the agency police to Sitting Bull's home that morning of December 15, 1890. Some have speculated that he had turned against his brother-in-law and had led the police there. Others suggest that he came to protect his sisters and their children. Gray Eagle himself said that he went to try and use his influence to convince Sitting Bull to come in to the Agency with the police as ordered. Tragically, during the struggle with the agency police, Sitting Bull and several family members were killed.
In the aftermath of Sitting Bull's death, his widows and children joined Gray Eagle's band and then, about 1892, transferred to the Pine Ridge Agency. Gray Eagle remained at Standing Rock as a vocal spokesman for his community. He died at Standing Rock on June 13, 1935. [Post by ephriam at American Tribes. Com. Read more: amertribes.proboards.com/thread/171#ixzz2nJ5smIHg]
(Note: An inexpensive viewer can turn the side-by-side images on the computer screen into a 3-D image. The viewer is available from the following source:
civilwarin3d.com/html/viewers.html )