Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Jackson, William H. Promenade card portrait of Colorow, Ute. Albumen print, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, on photographer's mount with backmark; captioned and numbered #4213 in negative, inked stamp of G.W. Stong & Co., Delta, CO on verso (possibly the distributor), minor wear. Denver, CO, circa 1880
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Colorow was one of the leaders of the 1879 Battle of Milk Creek, in which Utes of the White River Agency rebelled against a particularly oppressive Indian agent. It was one of the last large-scale battles between American Indians and the army.