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

Image: Chief Iron Tail

Chief Iron Tail wearing eagle feather headdress, breast plate over cloth shirt, and holding eagle feather staff.

Title: Chief Iron Tail

Creator: Hemment, John C.

Keywords: American Indians Headgear Staffs (Sticks) Iron Tail, or Siŋté Máza, 1842-1916

Date: 1902

Type: photograph

Format: 11.0 x 13.1in b&w mounted photograph

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.1256

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: Chief Iron Tail