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Collection Summary
Collection: 00014 - Philip Reade Photo Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00037
Title: Massacre at Wounded Knee (S.D.)
Date: 12/29/1890
Inscription/Marks: [back print] Epilepsy Cured. The water from the famous Minne Patusa Springs have cured 20 cases of the worst forms of Epilepsy within the last year. For information and testimonials address Trager & Ford, Chadron, Neb. VIEWS. Wounded Knee Battle, Indian Camps, War Camps, Indian Chiefs. Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War are held by us for sale. Agents wishing to $10 to $15 per day wanted. [glued to back-written] From Brig; Gen. Philip Reade, U.S. Army, Retired, The Wadsworth, 10 Kenmore St., Boston Mass. "Bird's Eye View of Wounded Knee, So. Da., near Pine Ridge after the affair of 29 Dec. 1890 between brig. S. Whiteside's quadrons 7th U.S. Cav'y. and Big Foots Indians. Snow on the ground. The dark blotches are dead indians, dead soldiers, dead horses. Big Foot and his sons are amoung the slain also Capt. Geo. D. Wallace, 7th Cav'y. Big Foot's followers were wiped out. See other views from details. Philip Reade, Capt. 3d infy."
Summary: Image of the dead, mostly women and children, from Big Foot's band of Sioux and a few soldiers and horses. Three men on horseback are in the middle witnessing the tragedy.
Red ID: PH_I_90919 Image ID: 49437 Image Notes: B0480-00001-back

Collection: 00014 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Philip Reade Photo Collection
Date: Circa 1868-1914

Summary: Images of soldiers and Native Americans in the late 1800s in South Dakota, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and New Mexico.

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