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

Image: American Horse

American Horse dressed in traditional regalia pointing pistol with one hand and holding eagle feather fan in other. Printed beneath photo, "American Horse, Warrior Chief of the Sioux Nation, Buffalo Bill's Wild West."

Title: American Horse

Creator: Anderson, D. H. (David H.), 1827-

Keywords: American Indians Firearms Headgear Portraits American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908

Date: 1883-1916

Type: Carte de Visite

Format: 4.2 x 6.5 in b&w cartes de visite

ID: wfc.img.cc.p.69.1526

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: American Horse