Description:
Chiricahua Apache children upon arrival at Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4, 1886, posed outdoors on porch stairs of a structure. 1. Clement Seanilzah. 2. Humphrey Escharzay. 3. Beatrice Kiahtel. 4. Samson Noran. 5. Janette Pahgostatum. 6. Hugh Chee. 7. Basil Ekarden. 8. Bishop Eatennah. 9. Margaret Y. Nadasthilah. 10. Ernest Hoya (Hogee?). 11. Frederick Eskelsejah..
Culture/People:
Chiricahua Apache
Date created:
November 4, 1886
Photographer:
John Nicholas Choate (J.N. Choate), Non-Indian, ca. 1850-1902
Place:
Carlisle Indian School; Carlisle; Cumberland County; Pennsylvania; USA
Format/Object name:
Albumen print
Collection History/Provenance:
Between 1879 and 1902, J.N. Choate worked as a commercial photographer in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was commissioned to photograph students at the Carlisle Indian School. During that period, he often photographed students' visiting family members as well. This print was formerly in the collection of General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army); inherited by his children, Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952) and Major Sherman Miles (1882-1966); donated to MAI in 1925.
Dimensions:
6 x 8 in.
Catalog number:
P06848
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