Kiowa Indians Captured at the Battle of Washita in Front of Tipis at Fort Hays or Camp Supply

LIBI_00019_00393; This item is an original albumen photograph of 8 Kiowa Indians, standing and seated in front of tepees, captured in the Battle of Washita. The photograph is 5 1/4 x 8 3/8" (8 1/4 x 10 1/4" mounted) and was produced circa 1869. The image was possibly taken by W.S. Soule at Ft. Hayes or Camp Supply. On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "Indian Village--Kansas/Buffalo robes being prepared on the right/Lodges tepees/shields of buffalo hide/Metal Medals from gov't/Kansas Indians" and is signed by Elizabeth B. Custer.Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 95.Image scanned January 2010.Note: "Pkg 6 Box 3" handwritten on the verso.; Print, Photographic [Mounted on Card]; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00393, William S. Soule, "Kiowa Indians Captured at the Battle of Washita in Front of Tipis at Fort Hays or Camp Supply," circa 1869