Overview of the Collection Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Sponsor Native American Collection 1855-1955 (inclusive) 1855 1955 4.5 linear feet, (6 boxes) HTM_WCMss261 Photographs, drawings, newspaper articles, research files, treaty documents Whitman College and Northwest Archives Whitman College and Northwest Archives Penrose Library, Room 130 345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Telephone: 509-527-5922 Fax: 509-526-4785 archives@whitman.edu None. English Historical Note During the mid-19th century, following the wars that displaced the indigenous native tribes and opened up settlement of the West, various artists and photographers sought to document the culture of the various Native American tribes. Those who came in direct contact with Native Americans sought to study them, discover their traditions and record their discoveries for future generations. Content Description The Native American collection consists of photographs by Major Lee Moorhouse, the drawings of Gustav Sohon during the mid-19th century, newspaper and magazine articles, treaty documents and research files pertaining to the lives of Native Americans during and after the Great Migration of settlers to the Western United States. Use of the Collection Alternative Forms Available Restrictions on Use 1
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. for copyright not held by Whitman College. Preferred Citation Native American collection, Whitman College and Northwest Archives. Administrative Information Arrangement By series. Acquisition Information Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives prior to August 2004. Related Materials Researchers may also refer to the Stevens Treaty Council of 1855 Centennial Collection. Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Series 1: Images Box1-2; 4-6 This series consists of photographs, framed portraits, and drawings of Native American tribes. Container(s) Description Dates Sub-Series 1: Images 1/1 Long Jim, Chelan Tribe, scratching by Ray Baron, From Robert Virgin 1982 1/2 Indians out Shopping 2 women, 2 girls, 1 boy in front of store Circa 1886 Sub-Series 2: Blackfoot 2
1/3 Montana Blackfoot Indians Sub-Series 3: Cayuse 1/4 Paul Show-A-Way 1/5 We-ah Te-na-tee-ma-ny 1/6 WE-AH TE-NA-tee MA-NY 1/7 Ip-na-sa-la-talc (2 copies) 1/8 Young Chief, Head chief of the Cayuse, G. Sohon drawing with negative 1/9 Five Crows, Chief of the Cayuse, G. Sohon drawing (negative see young chief ) 1855 1855 1/10 Paul Kane s sketch of To-ma-kus 1/11 Anna Kash-Kash (Moorehouse photo) 1/12 Captain Som Kin, Grandson of man who killed Dr. Whitman 1/13 U-ma-pine Sub-Series 4: Chehalis 1/14 Chehalis Indian Girl Sub-Series 5: Columbia Sinkiuse 1/15 Chief Moses Sub-Series 6: Crow 3
1/16 Postcard Sub-Series 7: Dungeness 1/17 Indians Ready for Dancing Sub-Series 8: Duwamish 1/18 Angeline, 2 pictures, 1 postcard 1/19 Postcard, Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline, Home 1/20 Princess Angeline, Daughter of Chief Seattle, postcard, 2 copies 1/21 Chief Seattle, 2 copies, 1 postcard Sub-Series 9: Hopi 1/22 (Hopi or Navajo) The Wolf 1/23 (Southwest) The Guide 1/24 Hopi Snake Priest 1/25 Southwestern Indians, Series of a magazine about crafts including basketry weaving, pottery Sub-Series 10: Mandan 1/26 Village 4
Sub-Series 11: Modoc 1/27 Captain Jack Sub-Series 12: Navajo 1/28 Seven postcards 1/29 A Study in Bronze Sub-Series 13: Neah Bay 1/30 Chad George Sub-Series 14: Nez Perce 1/31 At Leavenworth After Capture 1/32 Chief Joseph s Tepee where he lived and died -Timothy 1/33 H Co A H Co A H Cotes Min, Catlin Drawing 1/34 Chief Joseph, standing with gun in left hand 1/35 Sam Morris, tin type 1/36 Chief Joseph and Gen. O.O. Howard, Carlisle Indian School, PA 1/37 Father and Son, 3 copies 1/38 Lawyer, 3 copies plus glass and film negatives 1/39 Chief Lawyer, 4 copies 5
1/40 Chief Joseph and Sue McBeth, missionary teacher 1/41 Chief Joseph, 2 pictures 1/42 Chief Joseph, color portrait 1/43 Chief Joseph, postcard 1/44 [letter and two clippings] Chief Joseph, Chief Moses 1/45 Chief Joseph monument, Nespelem, WA, postcard 1/46 Chief Joseph 1/47 Lucy Lawyer, 3 copies 1/48 Chief Joseph standing 1/49 Chief Joseph, 3 copies 1/50 Indian Woman Carrying Bundle of Sticks 1/51 Chief Joseph, color postcard 1/52 Chief Joseph 1/53 Chief Lawyer, 2 pictures 1/54 Corbett Lawyer and Family, 3 pictures June 1930 1/55 information from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Intuition 1/56 Autographed photo September 21, 1939 1/57 Horse file 1/58 Manuscript Sub-Series 15: Okanogan 6
1/59 Deserted Indian Camp Sub-Series 16: Palouse 1/60 Charlie Bones (Old Bones) 1/61 Te-wa-te-na-set, Old Bones 1/62 Hoosis Mox Mox 1/63 Chief Old Bones, 2 copies 1/64 Chief Bones, 2 copies 1/65 At Home on the Snake River Sub-Series 17: Pueblo 1/66 Six postcards 1/67 Three pictures about pottery making 1/68 Walpi Sub-Series 18: Puget Sound 1/69 Indian Winter Village 1/70 Indians Weaving Baskets Sub-Series 19: Puyallup 7
1/71 Betsy Boston 1/72 Pow Wow 1891 1/73 Smoke House Sub-Series 20: Quinault 1/74 On The Beach Sub-Series 21: Sioux 1/75 Chief Goes-to-War Sub-Series 22: Skokomish 1/76 Boarding house and shops at Skokomish Agency Wash., with negative 1/77 School children at Skokomish 1892 1/78 Skokomish Reservation, Robert Burns, wife and dog 1/79 Old style Indian house and canoe group of Indian artifacts 1/80 Employees at Skokomish Agency 1892 1/81 Wm. Frank 1/82 Anne Williams in various dress, 3 copies 1/83 H. Robinson, wife and sister 1/84 Francis C. Peterson 1/85 Angeline and Thomas Peterson 8
1/86 Steilacoom Indians 1/87 Boys Dormitory Skokomish Wash 1889 1/88 School House at Neah Bay, Stereoptican 1/89 Skokomish Agency Employees, Rev. Myron Eells, Etc 1/90 School Children 1/91 Boarding house at Skokomish 1889 1/92 Boys of the Skokomish Indian School 1888 1/93 Toltec, postcard of cutting stones 1/94 Skokomish Indian Agency photo, showing homes of Cushing, Edwin and Myron Eells. circa 1880's Sub-Series 23: Spokane 1/95 Spokane Garry 1/96 Abraham 1/97 Spokane Indian House 1/98 Five unidentified people, three pictures 1/99 School house among the Spokanes 1/100 Two photographs, Indian women and children near teepee, children in front of teepee 1/101 Abraham, Old Solomon, Zachariah, Mary Magdalene Sub-Series 24: Tuxtla-Toltec 9
1/102 Tuxtla Statuette Sub-Series 25: Umatilla 1/103 Umatilla Reservation 1/104 Converts of Whitman 1/105 Mrs. White Bull 1/106 Reservation 1904 1/107 Woman with baskets 1/108 Rev. Toussaint Mespie, Major N.A. Cornoyer, Howlishwampo Chief Cayuse, Winnamsnoo Chief, Umatilla circa 1871-1880 1/109 Umatilla Conf. Tribes, distribution of possessions circa 1890-1893 1/110 Fox-a-lot and A-lom-pum, clipping about death of one of them Sub-Series 25: Ute 1/111 Two Unidentified Indians Sub-Series 26: Walla Walla 1/112 Homlie, Give Away after the death of, Inside teepee 1/113 Joe Benett 1/114 Homlie 1/115 Peu-peu-mox-mox, drawing by Sohon, negative 1/116 Peu Peu Mox Mox 10
Sub-Series 27: Warm Springs 1/117 Donald McKay Sub-Series 28: Yakima 1/118 Indian School, Yakima Reservation 1892 1/119 Indian chief, Hamacher print and copy negative 1/120 A Yakima Chief postcard 1/121 Women seated 1/122 Two postcards Sub-Series 29: Miscellaneous 1/123 Homlie, Umatilla 1/124 Gilbert Minthorne 1/125 Indian training school, Forest Grove, Oregon 1/126 Interior of Indian Lodge, Cape Flattery 1/127 An Agency Creek, 30 Nez Perce killed there 1/128 George and Daisy Adams 1/129 Mrs. J. Campbell and children 1/130 Chief Comcomly Canoe Memorial, Astoria, Oregon 1/131 Letters from G. Collins Robbins to John McBride concerning picture of Desmet with Indians 11
1/132 Eagle 1/133 Indian basket weaver s home, postcard 1/134 Half breed camp a head of Port Discovery Bay, stereoptican 1/135 Indians breaking camp at Neah Bay 1/136 Father Marquette in St. Ignace 1670 1/137 Indian who helped bury the dead at the Whitman massacre, 4 copies 1/138 Indian woman and child 1/139 Morning Dove, 3 pictures 1915 1/140 Medicine Man and patient, Medicine Dance Lodge 1/141 Old Indian Cemetery on Ft. Colville and Walla Walla Military Road, Totem rock, Lake Pend Oreille 1/142 Old Sampson and his wife, postcard 1/143 On the Trail postcard 1/144 Pendleton Round-up, 2 pictures 1936 1/145 Paintings on rocks near Dayville, OR, 2 pictures 1/146 Peep Hohn-Kan, 3 copies 1/147 Pe Tats Grai Kat, 3 copies 1/148 Reservation Store, O.B. Nelson 1/149 Singer tapestry ads series of Indians and explorers, 10 pictures 1/150 Spearing the Salmon 1/151 Unknown man 12
1/152 Stoop Toop Nin, 2 copies 1/153 Te-we-tw-hote, 2 copies 1/154 Totem stone, mortars and pestles, Wallula 1/155 Totem poles, Alaska, Eskimo Graves, postcards 1/156 Two unknown Indians sitting in front of blankets hung off a larger piece of material 1/157 Boys of the Salem Indian training school 1885 1/158 Um-lal-la-kin, 3 copies 1/159 Unknown mother and two children 1/160 3 unknown Indians, 2 copies 1/161 Unidentified Indians 1/162 Warrior 1915 1/163 Woman and baskets, 2 pictures 1/164 Ya-mok-mok-in, 2 copies 1/165 Meredith Youngblood 1/166 Frontier Days, 2 postcards 1/167 Old John or John Casino, 90-100 years old, lives on Sandy 10 miles from East Portland. Said to be old chief of the Klikitat tribe 1/168 Northwest Indian Drying Fish, postcard 1/169 Father de Smet and 7 Indian chiefs close of Oregon War, 3 copies 1857 1/170 20 Indians, painted, with drum 1/171 Indians in golden potlatch parade, Seattle 13
1/172 Indian training school, Forest Grave, OR 1/173 Group of Alaska boys, Forest Grove, OR 1/174 Piute and Warm Spring boys, Forest Grove, OR 1/175 Graduation class 1885, Salem Indian training school, OR 1/176 Brass band at the Indian Industrial school, Salem, OR 1/177 Woman with basket hat 1/178 Woman with papoose 1/179 Unidentified Indians at Celilo Falls 1/180 Indian sweat house 1/181 Long house, two views, Umatilla 1/182 Two Indian masks, 3 copies 2/1 3 photo albums by Moorhouse 2/2 Moorhouse photograph collection 2/3 Nez Perce sketch for plaque, Lawyer 2/4 Totem poles 2/7 Twins, postcard 2/8 Photograph of Chief Shawawa, Chief Chicwatt, Chief Peo, Chief Homlie, Young Chief 2/9 Unidentified photos 2/10 Photograph of Mrs. Ankeny in Indian dress 2/12 Gustave Sohon drawings and negatives 14
2/15 Drawings of Mrs. Raymond R. Rees collection of American Indian artifacts Box 4-6 Framed portraits by Moorhouse Series 2: Documents, articles and research files This series consists of newspaper and magazine articles, manuscripts, and research files Container(s) Description Dates 2/5 Letter from Ella Moorhouse to Prof. H.S. Brode August 21, 1930 2/6 Autobiography of Mrs. Lee Moorhouse, material on Lee Moorhouse 2/11 List of photos (Moorhouse) 2/13 Paul Kane notes in The Canadian Journal May 1871 2/14 The First Photographers of the Yakamas, 1840-1900 by Frank Cameron 2006 2/16 Pamphlet on Chemawa Indian Training School 2/17 Summary of Indian Grade School Chemawa, Oregon 2/18 Essay: Three Chiefs of a Vanishing Race by Mrs. Edmund Bowden 1929 2/19 Alaska Indian Photographs (microfiche) 2/20 Old Lawyer article about Chief Lawyer by William Worthington.Spokane County News 2/21 Article on Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse in Lewiston Morning Tribune April 24, 1936 September 18, 1955 15
2/22 Two articles from North American Review"The True Story of the Wallowa Campaign", and "An Indian s View of Indian Affairs." 2/23 Letter from Oscar Canfield to Harriett Saxton about Indian children sold into slavery. 1879 Undated Box 3 The National Archives: List of Documents Concerning The Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties 1801-1869 3 The National Archives: List of Cartographic Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs February 1941 1954 3/1 Indian Treaty/Council June 9-11, 1855 3/2 The Indian Citizen Vol. 1 No. 12 January 1885 3/3 Newspaper articles about treaties with Northwest tribes Various 3/4 Indian treaties. Walla Walla 1855 3/5 Notes on Indian Wars in Walla Walla Valley 1855 3/6 Wakemap Mound: A Stratified Site on the Columbia River, edited by Emory Strong, Oregon Archaeological Society 1959 3/7 Research file on Spokane Indians; including newspaper clippings, hand-written notes, and reproduced photographs of early Spokane, early pioneers, and Indians; Includes a manuscript account of the Wellpinit Presbyterian Church, 1882-1957 by Jerome Peltier 3/8 Printed manuscript of The Indian history of the Columbia Plateau, an Experimental Syllabus 3/9 15 page typed account of the Indian battles in the Inland Empire in 1858 compiled by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Tannatt 3/10 Signed, typed manuscript accounts of Western Indians by Alice B. Nash Undated 1914 1949 16
3/11 Biographical info on Ta-Moots-Tsoo (Timothy Timosa) and Hol- Lol-Sote-Tote (The Lawyer) Find Related Collections Personal Names : Morehouse, Thomas Leander Native American Collection -- Archives. Other Creators : Personal Names : Sohon, Gustav (creator) Find Related Collections Corporate Names : United States Congress Find Related Collections Subject Terms : Kane, Paul Find Related Collections 17