437
●
(MILITARY—INDIAN WARS.)
Soldier and his family.
Large cabinet
card of a black man, his very light-skinned
wife and children.
Kansas City: Baillie & Robinson,
circa 1870’s-1880’s
[600/800]
437
438
438
●
(MILITARY—BUFFALO SOLDIERS.) OKLAHOMA.
Detachment of Indian
soldiers from C Troop, 5 Cavalry during evictions of the “Boomers.” * Keith’s
Ranch, Oklahoma * “Oklahoma, 1885.”
Three albumen photographs: 4
1
⁄
2
x 9
1
⁄
2
; 4
1
⁄
2
x
7
7
⁄
8
, 4 x 6
1
⁄
4
inches; all are sepia toned, some fading to all, but still quite distinct. On the orig-
inal cardstock mounts; a couple of chips to the corners of the first, descriptions in pencil
on the reverse.
[Ewing, Oklahoma Territory, 1885-1888]
[1,500/2,500]
THREE SCARCE IMAGES OF BUFFALO SOLDIERS
,
SETTLERS
,
AND NATIVE AMERICAN SCOUTS IN
THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
, circa 1885-1888.
The photograph titled “Keith’s Ranch,” has a
detailed description on the reverse of all the people pictured: “Taken by Billy Biggert in 1888 . . .
Ben Keith Sr. married a squaw . . . Young Binny Keith — Indian soldier.”
