William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Little Chief

Portrait of Little Chief wearing traditional regalia holding bow and arrow. He wears an eagle feather headdress, breast plate, beaded leggings, and beaded moccasins. Printed beneath photograph, "Little Chief, 'Chief of the Ogalallar [Oglala Lakota (Sioux)],' Buffalo Bill's Wild West."

Title: Little Chief

Creator: Elliott & Fry

Keywords: Little Chief, b. 1851 Portraits American Indians Headgear Bows (Weapons) Bow and arrow

Date: circa 1887

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.3 x 6.6 in b&w cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.6.245

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Little Chief