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Approx. 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. CDVs on cardstock mounts (toning/discoloration and spotting to some; light soiling and wear to mount edges and corners). Most credited to Martin's Gallery, St. Paul, MN. 

Captions printed on mount rectos. Now-We-Ke-Shick. (Noon Day.) A Chippewa Chief. (Whitney's Gallery printed on mount recto, Martin's Art Gallery label on verso). -- Aw-Ke-Wen-Zee. -(Old Man.) Head Chief of Lac Contre Oreille Bands of Chippewas. (Martin's Gallery of Minnesota Views printed on mount recto). -- Te-Na-Ze-Pa. Dakota (Sioux) Warrior. (Martin's Gallery of Indian Portraits printed on mount recto, with photography credit to Upton). --"Old Betz." Sioux Squaw. (Said to be 120 years old.) (Martin's Art Gallery printed on mount recto) -- Sioux Squaws. (R.W. Ransom imprint on verso). -- Together, 5 CDVs.

The new state of Minnesota was home to thousands of American Indians in 1862, many of whom were disenchanted with the government's promise for annuities. In August of that year, a number of the Dakota were starving; on the 18th, Indians at the Lower Agency, under the leadership of Little Crow, attacked the white settlers there. Over the next few weeks hundreds of whites were killed, until the uprising was finally put down by Federal troops under the command of Henry Sibley.