OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF TWENTY ALBUMEN CABINET CARDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS BY SOULE.

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF TWENTY ALBUMEN CABINET CARDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS BY SOULE. William S. Soule was wounded in the Civil War. His brother had a photography studio on Boston and William worked at a studio in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. At the age of 29, he arrived at Ft. Dodge, Kansas in 1867. He had a camera and supplies and initially worked at the trading post there at Ft. Dodge for John E. Tappan. Shortly after he arrived, a buffalo hunter was killed and scalped by Indians near Ft. Dodge and Soule rushed out and photographed the body. His image was used in Harper’s Weekly, January 16th, 1869 and as a result he got tremendous exposure. He later moved to another store of Tappan’s in the Indian Territory where Custer and his 7th Cavalry were posted after the raid on the Black Cattle Cheyenne village. In 1869 he arrived at Ft. Sill which had just been built, and here he was in contact on a daily basis with many of the well-known Indian War officers of the day. He also was in continual contact with Comanche’s, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Delaware and Kiowa and others who were coming to the Fort for their rations. For the next few years, he photographed many of these same Indians and in 1874 he sold his studio to William P. Bliss and headed back east, where he lived for the rest of his life until 1908. The photos in this collection were all done during that time period when he was at Ft. Sill. The collection depicts Indians from various tribes, each hand inscribed in ink below the image. Most notable are images of Comanche Indians. For a few hundred years the Comanches were the masters of southwestern United States. There was never a tribe and no foreign invader able to dominate them. Til the advent of the repeating rifle, a recent book written on Quanah Parker and Comanche Indians is an incredible revelation on this master race of the red man. Photo 1) Inscribed “Otter Belt Comanche”, the reverse of the image “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.”; 2) “Tos-ha-wa” Comanche Chief. Toshuwa went to Washington, D.C. with Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief. This took place in 1872. In this photograph he wears an Army surplus hat, Jefferson Davis style campaign hat which was no longer used and apparently various Indians illustrated by Soule sometimes had Army surplus uniforms which in some cases might have even been supplied by Soule himself when he worked in the trading post. The hat was ornamented by some gold braid and a plume as well as a conspicuous star or badge in the center and it appears he has a silver peace medal hanging around his neck. Marked on back in block print “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 3) “Horse-Backs-Son”, Comanche, a young Indian brave with a bone breast plate and also wearing what appears to be a Navaho squash blossom necklace, on the reverse block letters “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 4) “Mow-way” was a chief of the Kotsoteka (buffalo eater) band of Comanche. This middle age brave with a huge bear claw woven into his hair, the claw was that of a Grizzly which Mow-way killed with a knife. He wears a large bolo at his neck, in which a scarf is drawn. Marked on back in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 5) “ho-we-a” Comanche, this brave with a Caucasian printed vest and blouse type shirt, signed on the reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 6) “Horseback” Comanche, this Indian brave wears a Caucasian vest with blanket over shoulder and what appears to be a small beaded pouch on his hand, signed on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 7) “Asa Tuyett” (also called Grey leggings) he was a Comanche Chief, and according to Wilbur Sturtevant Nye he served as a guide for Custer in 1868. He is wearing an Army surplus jacket and hat and also has a woven bone breast plate. In his crossed hand he brandishes a revolver. Signed on the reverse in block letters “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 8) “Comanche Camp”, this image depicts Comanche tepee’s, with 5 figures sitting around the one in the foreground looking at the photographer. Printed in script on the reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” Also a small group of Apache include 9) “Ta-ha” Apache, this figure wears a Military vest coat with epaulets, a scarf around his neck from which hangs a large hammered cross and wears a white man’s brimmed hat, set with plums and a bugler’s insignia. In his crossed hands he holds an iron peace pipe mounted on a shaft with a cut out heart design. Printed on reverse in script, “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 10) “Pacer’s” Son Apache, this young brave wears a woven bone breast plate with quill work in his hair and has ornamentation of fur over his shoulder. In his crossed hands he holds a scalloped Plains Indian piece pipe. The image printed on reverse in script, “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 11) “Black Hawk” Apache, he wears a white man’s coat with a military insignia on his shoulders, a necklace from which hangs an amulet and beadwork suspended from his hair. Marked on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 12) “Powder Face” Arapaho War Chief. This full length Indian portrait depicts an Arapaho Chief with a full length Indian robe, wearing a woven bone breast plate and a fringed buckskin shirt. He holds in his hand a fur ornamented lance and caught in the crotch of his arm an Iron plains peace pipe. Marked on back “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 13) “Yellow Bear” Arapaho, which is dressed in a white man’s calico shirt with vest, his hair braided and wrapped in cloth with a fancy scarf around his neck fixed with a bolo. Signed on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 14) Two squaws identified as “Arapaho”, each wear beaded moccasins and woven dresses made of blankets, one wearing numerous strands of bead work around her neck. Signed on back “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 15) Two “Cheyenne” squaws, both wrapped in woven blankets, one with ornamental bead work suspended from her arm, and on her leggings, reverse signed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 16) “Little Raven” Arapaho, this older Indian brave wears plain white man’s shirt with no Indian decorations at all. Printed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 17) Three Indian squaws titled “Afiliated (sic) Band”, these bare breasted young maids have woven blankets around their waist, at least two with suspended concho belts, and all have multiple woven necklaces hanging from their neck. Reverse printed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 18) “Horse Backs Son”, this Indian seated looking into the photographer’s camera wearing an Eagle headdress, woven bone breast plate and wears a beaded necklace and what appears to possibly be a Navajo squash blossom necklace. In his hands he holds a bow and a group of arrows, and wears leggings which may have been made from trooper’s britches. Reverse is marked “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” in script. 19)”Wichita – Camp”, this image depicts an outside view of numerous teepees with drying racks nearby. In the foreground are four youths dressed in white man’s clothing. Printed on the reverse in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 20) “Geo Washington Addlo (?). This Indian wears a white man’s coat and pants with blouse, beaded sash over shoulder and an unusual hat, and also sports a mustache. Reverse signed “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” in script. SIZE: Approximately size 4″ w x 6-1’2″ h, this includes the cardboard the image is mounted on. CONDITION: Condition varies with each one, some have in general there is light overall surface soiling and in some cases, some small blemished on the images, in general good. A wonderful grouping of period Indian images captured by one of the renowned western photographs who were there many of these tribes began to head to the reservation. 4-45091 JJ12 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2437	$25,875.00	OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF TWENTY ALBUMEN CABINET CARDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS BY SOULE. William S. Soule was wounded in the Civil War. His brother had a photography studio on Boston and William worked at a studio in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. At the age of 29, he arrived at Ft. Dodge, Kansas in 1867. He had a camera and supplies and initially worked at the trading post there at Ft. Dodge for John E. Tappan. Shortly after he arrived, a buffalo hunter was killed and scalped by Indians near Ft. Dodge and Soule rushed out and photographed the body. His image was used in Harper’s Weekly, January 16th, 1869 and as a result he got tremendous exposure. He later moved to another store of Tappan’s in the Indian Territory where Custer and his 7th Cavalry were posted after the raid on the Black Cattle Cheyenne village. In 1869 he arrived at Ft. Sill which had just been built, and here he was in contact on a daily basis with many of the well-known Indian War officers of the day. He also was in continual contact with Comanche’s, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Delaware and Kiowa and others who were coming to the Fort for their rations. For the next few years, he photographed many of these same Indians and in 1874 he sold his studio to William P. Bliss and headed back east, where he lived for the rest of his life until 1908. The photos in this collection were all done during that time period when he was at Ft. Sill. The collection depicts Indians from various tribes, each hand inscribed in ink below the image. Most notable are images of Comanche Indians. For a few hundred years the Comanches were the masters of southwestern United States. There was never a tribe and no foreign invader able to dominate them. Til the advent of the repeating rifle, a recent book written on Quanah Parker and Comanche Indians is an incredible revelation on this master race of the red man. Photo 1) Inscribed “Otter Belt Comanche”, the reverse of the image “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.”; 2) “Tos-ha-wa” Comanche Chief. Toshuwa went to Washington, D.C. with Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief. This took place in 1872. In this photograph he wears an Army surplus hat, Jefferson Davis style campaign hat which was no longer used and apparently various Indians illustrated by Soule sometimes had Army surplus uniforms which in some cases might have even been supplied by Soule himself when he worked in the trading post. The hat was ornamented by some gold braid and a plume as well as a conspicuous star or badge in the center and it appears he has a silver peace medal hanging around his neck. Marked on back in block print “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 3) “Horse-Backs-Son”, Comanche, a young Indian brave with a bone breast plate and also wearing what appears to be a Navaho squash blossom necklace, on the reverse block letters “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 4) “Mow-way” was a chief of the Kotsoteka (buffalo eater) band of Comanche. This middle age brave with a huge bear claw woven into his hair, the claw was that of a Grizzly which Mow-way killed with a knife. He wears a large bolo at his neck, in which a scarf is drawn. Marked on back in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 5) “ho-we-a” Comanche, this brave with a Caucasian printed vest and blouse type shirt, signed on the reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 6) “Horseback” Comanche, this Indian brave wears a Caucasian vest with blanket over shoulder and what appears to be a small beaded pouch on his hand, signed on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 7) “Asa Tuyett” (also called Grey leggings) he was a Comanche Chief, and according to Wilbur Sturtevant Nye he served as a guide for Custer in 1868. He is wearing an Army surplus jacket and hat and also has a woven bone breast plate. In his crossed hand he brandishes a revolver. Signed on the reverse in block letters “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill I.T.” 8) “Comanche Camp”, this image depicts Comanche tepee’s, with 5 figures sitting around the one in the foreground looking at the photographer. Printed in script on the reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” Also a small group of Apache include 9) “Ta-ha” Apache, this figure wears a Military vest coat with epaulets, a scarf around his neck from which hangs a large hammered cross and wears a white man’s brimmed hat, set with plums and a bugler’s insignia. In his crossed hands he holds an iron peace pipe mounted on a shaft with a cut out heart design. Printed on reverse in script, “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 10) “Pacer’s” Son Apache, this young brave wears a woven bone breast plate with quill work in his hair and has ornamentation of fur over his shoulder. In his crossed hands he holds a scalloped Plains Indian piece pipe. The image printed on reverse in script, “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 11) “Black Hawk” Apache, he wears a white man’s coat with a military insignia on his shoulders, a necklace from which hangs an amulet and beadwork suspended from his hair. Marked on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 12) “Powder Face” Arapaho War Chief. This full length Indian portrait depicts an Arapaho Chief with a full length Indian robe, wearing a woven bone breast plate and a fringed buckskin shirt. He holds in his hand a fur ornamented lance and caught in the crotch of his arm an Iron plains peace pipe. Marked on back “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 13) “Yellow Bear” Arapaho, which is dressed in a white man’s calico shirt with vest, his hair braided and wrapped in cloth with a fancy scarf around his neck fixed with a bolo. Signed on reverse “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 14) Two squaws identified as “Arapaho”, each wear beaded moccasins and woven dresses made of blankets, one wearing numerous strands of bead work around her neck. Signed on back “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 15) Two “Cheyenne” squaws, both wrapped in woven blankets, one with ornamental bead work suspended from her arm, and on her leggings, reverse signed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 16) “Little Raven” Arapaho, this older Indian brave wears plain white man’s shirt with no Indian decorations at all. Printed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 17) Three Indian squaws titled “Afiliated (sic) Band”, these bare breasted young maids have woven blankets around their waist, at least two with suspended concho belts, and all have multiple woven necklaces hanging from their neck. Reverse printed in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 18) “Horse Backs Son”, this Indian seated looking into the photographer’s camera wearing an Eagle headdress, woven bone breast plate and wears a beaded necklace and what appears to possibly be a Navajo squash blossom necklace. In his hands he holds a bow and a group of arrows, and wears leggings which may have been made from trooper’s britches. Reverse is marked “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” in script. 19)”Wichita – Camp”, this image depicts an outside view of numerous teepees with drying racks nearby. In the foreground are four youths dressed in white man’s clothing. Printed on the reverse in script “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” 20) “Geo Washington Addlo (?). This Indian wears a white man’s coat and pants with blouse, beaded sash over shoulder and an unusual hat, and also sports a mustache. Reverse signed “W.S. Soule, Fort Sill, Indian Ter.” in script. SIZE: Approximately size 4″ w x 6-1’2″ h, this includes the cardboard the image is mounted on. CONDITION: Condition varies with each one, some have in general there is light overall surface soiling and in some cases, some small blemished on the images, in general good. A wonderful grouping of period Indian images captured by one of the renowned western photographs who were there many of these tribes began to head to the reservation. 4-45091 JJ12 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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