Charcoal, a Blood Indian, dressed in buckskins and headdress. Reproduced on cover of CHARCOAL'S WORLD by Hugh A. Dempsey, Prairie Books.
Historical note:
Charcoal (Si'-okskitsis) was renowned for his strength and cunning as a warrior. He killed his wife's lover, fired at an Indian agent and a NWMP, and later killed a NWMP sergeant and was executed in 1897.Author/Creator
Steele's Studio
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
Yes
Publication Date
1897
Credit
Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room, General Photographs Collection, PH-90-66; records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Resource Type
Images -- Photographs
Format
Image
Language