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

Image: Chief Iron Tail

Chief Iron Tail seated wearing hunting hat and non-Indian clothing. Hand written note below photo reads, "Brownie Newton Picture." http://centerofthewest.org/research/rights-reproductions/

Title: Chief Iron Tail

Creator: unknown

Keywords: Portraits Hats American Indians Iron Tail, or Siŋté Máza, 1842-1916

Date: circa 1900s

Type: photograph

Format: 6.4 x 4.3 b&w photograph Master scanned at 16 bit grayscale, 1000 dpi, scaled 100% in size by Mack Frost with a Kodak (Creo) iQsmart3 flatbed scanner. Image processed using Adobe PhotoShop CS and CS3 software.

ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.1909

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