"Blackfoot Indian Braves."
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Description
An image of four Aboriginal men on horseback, all wearing full headdresses. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Historical note:
From The Graphic, an Illustrated Newspaper.