GEROME RICHARD TIGER, OKLAHOMA (1941 - 1967), OBSERVING THE ENEMY; THE GUIDING SPIRIT; YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, THREE PORTFOLIO LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS, 15" X 11" (IMAGE), 20" X 16" (SHEET)Gerome Richard Tiger, Oklahoma, (1941 - 1967) Observing the Enemy; The Guiding Spirit; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, three portfolio limited edition lithographs edition of 1500. Signed in the plate. With 4-page bio poster booklet portfolio and original documentation. Biography from the archives of askArt: Jerome Tiger was a full blood Creek-Seminole, born in 1941 in Oklahoma. He grew up on the campgrounds that surrounded his grandfather's Indian Baptist church near the sleepy town of Eufaula. Research for many of his paintings began when he was still a child as he traveled with his maternal grandfather, Coleman Lewis, a Baptist Missionary. Coleman traveled throughout Indian Country and on the long rides through the backwoods to churches, and Coleman taught his grandson the history of the Creek people in his native Creek language. In Enfaula and, later, in Muskogee, Tiger attended public schools, learned English, and became familiar with such marvels of white culture as running water, indoor toilets, and telephones. He was a high school dropout, a street and ring fighter of exceptional ability, and a laborer. He married and had three children. And he died in 1967, at the age of twenty-six, of a gunshot wound to the head. Tiger's legacy was his paintings: a body of work of exquisite beauty that revolutionized American Indian art. The success and genius of Tiger's art can be attributed to what was called the Tiger style--a unique combination of spiritual vision, humane understanding, and technical virtuosity. In subject matter and composition, his art was traditional. In every other respect, it was a radical departure from classical Indian art. When Tiger began painting in the 1960's, few, if any, artists could make a living in Indian art. With some formal training at the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland, against all odds, he committed himself to Indian art, and from 1962 until 1967, produced hundreds of paintings that from the outset received the acclaim of critics, won awards, and brought him success and recognition. The average Indian art buyer of the 1960's was unduly critical, ready to find fault with the quality of a piece of work or the authenticity of its details. To be popular with such an audience, not only did Tiger have to be technically competent but inventive and prolific. Tiger's uncanny ability to draw virtually anything after only a momentary glance has led critics to refer to him as the Rembrandt or Goya of Indian art. This is quite a lofty comparison since Tiger had never seen the work of the masters with whom he was compared. But characteristic of all great art, Tiger's work had universal appeal. Its beauty and deep spirituality spoke to people of all races, not just Native Americans. Since his death, Tiger's style has had a tremendous influence on the Indian artists that have succeeded him. One art critic commented--"Wherever there are Indian paintings today, Tiger's influence can be felt." With almost unanimous agreement, Native American artists credit Jerome Tiger with being the major influence in the development of contemporary Indian art. Tiger was an artist's artist. Sources: Submitted June 2004 from the Ashworth Collection of Western and Native American Art in Fort Smith, AR. Material for this biography was obtained from the web site www.jerometigerart.com and https://www.jerometigerart.com three portfolio limited edition lithographs Dimensions: 15" x 11" (image), 20" x 16" (sheet)
Grp: 7 Indian Head Pennies One Cent Coins: Group of seven Indian Head Pennies one cent coins, including: 1859 P Indian Head Penny, 1864 P Indian Head Penny, 1898 P Indian Head Penny, 1898 P Indian Head Penny, 1901 P Indian Head Penny, 1904 P Indian Head Penny, and 1906 P Indian Head Penny. . Condition Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions. com with any condition questions.
1825-Dated 62mm Size John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal NGC Mint State-62: Indian Peace Medals. Scarce "Second Size" John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal Struck In Bronze & NGC Certified Mint State-62. 1825-Dated John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal. Struck at the United States Mint in Bronze. 62mm. Second / Middle Size. By Moritz Furst and John Reich. First Reverse Type (Pre-1846). NGC graded Mint State-62 Brown. Julian IP-12. 62mm. This historic John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal is an original that was struck at the United States Mint. It is struck in the rare "Middle" or "Second" size, as it is known. Obverse: Civil bust right variant of the Adams Inaugural Medal. Reverse: Die Pre-1846. Reverse: Clasp Hands and crossed Peace Pipe over a Tomahawk. It's eye appeal is excellent having rich natural mahogany-brown original color. This lovely Uncirculated medal has even brown fields showing a scattering of very faint contacts. This Medal is handsomely housed in its special, 6. 5" x 4. 75" custom NGC Certification display type white holder. United State Indian Peace Medals were instrumental in building relationships with the various Indian Tribes. American Presidents (and their Colonial predecessors) used Indian Peace Medals as a way of placating various tribes and/or to build alliances with them. The recipients valued them highly, for they conferred a prestige that was recognized throughout the nation. . The Bureau of Indian Affairs considered them crucial and the Presidents for whom they were issued also knew their importance. Many images from the "Old West" show Indians proudly wearing their Peace Medals (sometimes more than one). Generally, bronze medals were not used for presentation purposes, but in some cases, they were silver-plated and either given, sold, or traded away by unscrupulous individuals to unwitting recipients. . . Today, Bronze Indian Peace Medals are eagerly sought-after for several reasons. First, for their historic value. Second, these medals were primarily struck at the United States Mint, often from the very same dies that were used to strike the extremely rare Silver examples. U. S. Mint medals are known for their consistent high quality. . Third, the Bronze versions are quite affordable, specially compared to the vastly higher collector prices for the Silver versions (which often sell in the $10, 000 and upwards range). Fourth, they are impressive in design, appearance and eye appeal. Even the smallest size (52 mm) is of an impressive size of bronze; the largest medals (76 mm) have a heft and presence that even non-numismatists can appreciate. Finally, they are rare. . Despite the fact that many of these Bronze medals were made strictly for sale to collectors, in many cases, their mintages are either extremely low, or collectors failed to respond to them when they were originally on sale thus having minuscule numbers issued. Thus, many of these medals are represented by very few survivors today.
[American Indian - California] Books on Native California History and Art lot of 7 books including:Bean Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel. Temalpakh: Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Morongo Indian Reservation: Malki Museum Press 1972.Heizer Robert. The Destruction of California Indians. Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith Inc. 1974.James Harry C. The Cahuilla Indians. Morongo Indian Reservation: Malki Museum Press 1969.Kroeber A.L. Handbook of the Indians of California. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1976.Kroeber Theodora. Ishi: Last of his Tribe. Toronto: Bantam Books 1978.Margolin Malcolm. The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco- Monterey Bay Area. Berkeley: Heyday Books 1978. Spier Leslie. Yuman Tribes of the Gila River. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1978.
Cree American Indian Dag Knife & Sheath c. 1840-50: This is a very rare original American Indian Dag knife and beaded sheath attributed to the Cree Native American Indians and dating to circa 1840-1850ó»s. This Chiefó»s Gradeó or Presentation Gradeó set was owned by noted collector Jim Dresslar who originally acquired it from Arnold Marcus Chernoff in the 1980ó»s. The piece is attributed as being from the Cree Indians with almost identical colorations and beaded floral motif examples being documented on several other Cree Dag Sheaths in the Chandler-Pohrt collection and the Warnock collection (Splendid Heritage). The dag knife is touch-marked SORBYó and shows polished black Buffalo Great American bison buffalo horn handles secured with copper rivets being framed by walrus ivory tusk inlays. The dag knife shows an artful, tapered pewter inlay around the base of the handle pommel. The sheath is crafted from Buffalo hide and is artfully glass trade seed beaded in typical 19th Century Cree floral motifs on a light sky blue background with greasy yellow, red white hearts, chalk white, semi-transparent medium green and semi-transparent medium blue. This style of ornate dag knife is referred to as a Chiefó»s Gradeó or Presentation Gradeó knife as they were given to Chiefó»s and tribal dignitaries during trade negotiations and treaty signings. The forged iron knife shows a raised median ridge running down the center of the blade, an early weapons features also seen on gunstock war clubs and lance blades. The piece was part of the famed antique weapons collector of Arnold Marcus Chernoff. American Indian early dag knives are commonly referred to as Beaver Paddle/ Beavertailó dag knives. This is due to the fact most dag knives were traded on the frontier along the Great Lakes region through the St. Lawrence seaway westward by early fur traders. From the Great Lakes region on westward the knives became very popular among the Northern Plains/Upper Plateau tribes such as the Cree, Metis, Blackfoot, Nez Perce, Chippewa/Ojibiwa and Shoshone. These were made to be killing weapons, this is why dag knives show a clean long double sided blade without any serration as they were for battle. Unlike other knives worn by Indian Warriors the dag knife would have been worn around the Indians neck on his chest. This is truly a very rare and early authentic set. Similar sets have sold at auction houses such as Cowanó»s, Skinners and Bonhams for such prices as $75, 000 at Cowanó»s 4/5/2013 sale, $65, 000 at Cowanó»s 9/20/2013 sale, $70, 725 at Skinneró»s 2/6/2016 sale, $41, 000 for a Sorby touch-marked plain handle dag from Brian Lebeló»s Old West Show & Auction 6/23/2012 sale and $78, 000 at Sothebyó»s 5/6/2006 sale with the example being sold in this lot being of the same quality and rarity. The piece comes from the same collector as the Dag Knife sold by our company on 4/29/2017 for $10, 200 (with premiums) that was authenticated by the Sothebyó»s expert David Roche. The dag knife has been documented and photographed in the 2018 book Rare American Indian Weapons: Tomahawks, War Clubs & Knivesó by Mark Francis on page 74 and 75. The knife measures 13. 5ó L overall. The sheath measures 10. 5ó L x 3ó W. The blade is touch-marked SORBY one one side. Sorby was the hallmark of John Sorby & Sons which was acquired by Lockwood Brothers Sheffield, England in 1844. Lockwood Bros. still operated out of their Arundel Street Factory but created the I&H Sorby items out of their Spital Hill Works factory. The Sorby touch-mark would be found on trade knives and dag knives which were exported to the American frontiersman and traded to the Native American Indians where they would alter the pieces to their liking. Condition For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer?s responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.
[American Indian - History] Books on Native History and Reference lot of 10 books including:Collier John. Indians of the Americas. New York: Mentor Books 1947.Collier John. On the Gleaming Way. Denver: Sage Books 1962. Embree Edwin R. Indians of the Americas. New York: Macmillan Company 1970.Farb Peter. Man;s Rise to Civilization As Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State. New York: E.P. Dutton and Com. Inc. 1968.Josephy Jr. Alvin M. The Indian Heritage of America. Toronto: Bantam Books 1969.MacLeish William H.. The Day Before America: Changing the Nature of a Continent. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1994.Nies Judith. Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and their Links to World Events. New York: Ballantine Books 1996.Terrell John Upton. American Indian Almanac: The Authoritative Reference and Chronicle. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1974.Terrell John Upton and Donna M. Terrell. Indian Women of the Western Morning: Their Life in Early America. New York: Dial Press 1974.Vlahos Olivia. New World Beginnings: Indian Cultures in the Americas. Greenwich: Fawcett Publications Inc. 1972.
[American Indian - Art] Books on Native Art and Material Culture lot of 7 books including:Anton Ferdinand and Frederick J. Dockstader. Pre-Columbian Art and Later Indian Tribal Arts. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. 1968Hammond Harmony. Women of Sweetgrass Cedar and Sage: Contemporary Art by Native American Women. New York: Gallery of the American Indian Community House 1985. Hothem Lar. North American Indian Artifacts: A Collectors Identification and Value Guide. Florence: Books Americana Inc. 1984.Indian Arts and Crafts Association and Council for Indigenous Arts and Culture. Collecting Authentic Indian Arts and Crafts: Traditional Work of the Southwest. Summertown: Book Publishing Company 1999. Jacka Jerry. Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Indian Art and Its Evolution. Flagstaff: Northland Publishing Company 1988.Paterek Josephine. Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume. New York: W.W. Norton 1994.Taylor Colin. Native American Arts and Crafts. London: Salamander Books Ltd. 1995.Walker Art Center. American Indian Art: Form and Tradition. New York: E.P. Dutton 1972.
Maynard Dixon (1875–1946) — Indian and Solider (The Indian of Yesterday); Indian and Teacher (The Indian of Today): . Maynard Dixon (1875–1946). Indian and Solider (The Indian of Yesterday); Indian and Teacher (The Indian of Today). oil on board; oil on board. 25 × 34 inches; 25 × 34 inches. signed and dated lower left; signed and dated lower left. . VERSO (both works). Signed. Inscribed, “Maynard Dixon care Leo Von Heygendorff 50 Chaves Ave. San Francisco”. Label, Mark Sublette, Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, Arizona. . A signed copy of Maynard Dixon’s American West: Along the Distant Mesa by Mark Sublette will accompany the lot. . . In 1938, the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture held a nationwide competition for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dixon was awarded a major commission to complete two murals for the Department of the Interior’s new building in Washington, D. C. Titled The Indian of Yesterday and The Indian of Today, each panel measured eight and a half by thirteen feet. When he finished this major effort he was asked to comment on his work. . “Ever since the founding of Jamestown and Santa Fe our dealings with the Indian tribes have been a long series of wars and broken treaties down to to 1870s and ‘80s, ending in a sort of carpetbag era during the final settlement of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, 1890-1900, and the breaking up of the great Indian Reservations. Only recently our Government has undertaken a new policy based on a real understanding of Indian character and recognition of Indian rights long denied. . “Panel 1 – Indian and Soldier: Except for the Apaches (Arizona 1887) our 1st Indian wars were with Plains tribes: so I have chosen this type, with a cavalry officer of 1865-1880. The chief’s gesture says: ‘This is our land. You shall drive us no further. ’. . “Panel 2 – Indian and Teacher: The Indian says: ‘The Sun is our father, the Earth is our mother. ’ The white man says: ‘The ground belongs to us. ’ The Indian says: ‘We belong to the ground. ’ The white man studies soil chemistry. The Indian prays to the Earth. . “The teacher takes a lump of soil from the furrow and tells the Indian boy – the new generation – how to make it produce. The old people look on, somewhat doubtful of new ideas, with some reverence for the old. The large corn plant stands for the generous earth, the young corn for cultivation; the fence for divided lands and the end of freedom. I have always felt something far more tragic in all this – but perhaps here is now also something of hope. ”. . LITERATURE. Mark Sublette, Maynard Dixon’s American West: Along the Distant Mesa, Just Me Publishing, 2018, front and back endpapers, pp. 310-11, illustrated. . View more information Dimension Condition Surface condition of both works is good. Spots of inpainting throughout.
Native American/Western U. S. Expedition Ephemera: 1st item: "Map Showing the Location of the Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States and Territories" compiled from the Official and other Authentic Sources, under the Direction of the Honorable John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. William H. Rowe, Draughtsman, photo lithographed with printed color by Norris Peters, published by Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. , 1888. Issued with the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior. Map depicting the United States, detailing the locations in color of Native American reservations such as the "Indian Territory" of the Cherokee, Creek, Chotaw, etc. in what would become the state of Oklahoma. Includes inset maps of "Indian Territory" lower center, "Mission Ind. Res. in California" and "Alaska", lower left. Title and scale of statue miles, lower right, references, left center. "West from Greenwich", centered above map, "West from Washington", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Image - 20 3/4" H x 32 3/4" W. Sheet - 22 1/2" H x 34" W. 2nd item: "U. States Indian Frontier in 1840" Map, by George Catlin, lithographed with printed color by Tosswill and Company, published for the Domestic Committee of the Board of Missions by Daniel Dana, Jr. , New York, 1844. From "Journal of a Tour in the "Indian Territory". " by Nathaniel Sayre Harris; Episcopal Church . Board of Missions. Domestic Committee. Map depicting the locations in color of the Native American tribes that had been moved west of the Mississippi River as of 1840 including the Sacs and Foxes, Kickapoo, Delawares, etc. , and the surrounding states. Uncolored territories of the Chippeways, Sioux, Crows, etc. , Texas and Mexico surround colored areas. Map surrounded by notations and line border. Image - 8 1/2" H x 5 1/8" W. Sheet - 9 3/4" H x 6" W. 3rd-29th items: 27 lithographs, most with hand coloring, from the "Report of the United States Pacific Railroad Expedition and Surveys (USPRR) CAL (Senate Document: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean)", circa 1855. The prints feature scenic views from the American West including "The Great Basin from the Canada de Las Uvas with Lost Mountains in the Distance", drawn by Charles Koppel, lithographed by August Hoen and Company, Baltimore, images of Native Americans such as "Distribution of Goods to the Assiniboines", drawn by John M. Stanley, lithographed by Sarony, Major and Knapp, New York, and U. S. Military bases including "U. S. Military Post Benicia". "Near Mouse River" print housed in plastic sleeve. Images approximately - 6 1/8" H x 9 1/4" W. Sheets approximately - 8 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. 30th-34th items: 4 tinted lithographs from "Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers", by Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Corps of Topographical Engineers, circa 1854. Titles include "Zuni Indian [Buffalo Dance]" and "Canon Peak from Camp 7", both drawn by Richard H. Kern, lithographed by the Ackerman Firm, New York, "View Near Gypsum Bluffs on Red-River" and "Mount Webster", both lithographed by Henry Lawrence, New York. Images approximately - 3 7/8" H x 7" W. Sheets approximately - 5 7/8" H x 8 3/4" W. 35th-38th items: 3 tinted lithographs from United States Geological Surveys (USGS), including "Mt. Agassiz - Unita Range - Utah" and "Eocene Bluffs -Green River - Wyoming" from the "Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel", circa 1870-1880, and "Bullion Ravine Looking East. Diorite. Mt. Kate in the Middle Distance" from "Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, with Atlas, USGS Monograph", by G. F. Becker, 1882. Images approximately - 9" H x 6 1/4" W. Sheets approximately - 12" H x 9 1/4" W. 39th-46th items: Assorted grouping of Native American colored lithographs, including "Hos-ta, (The Lightning. ) Governor of the Pueblo of Jemez. Aug. 20", illustrated for United States Executive Documents. 31rst Cong. , 1st sess. , 1849-1850, drawn by Richard H. Kern, lithographed by Peter S. Duval, Philadelphia, circa 1894, "PL. CXVII" from the Bureau of Ethnology Eigth Annual Report, 1892, "Sioux War Shirt, Apache Caps, Pouches, Moccasins, Totems, &c. " with "Description and Explanation of Plate II" text page, published by A. D. Worthington and Company, Hartford, "Lamina XCIII T. IX. 24. Tejidos. ", and "91", "286", and "291", by George Caitlin. "Hosta" housed in plastic sleeve. "PL. CXVIII" mounted to matte. Images range in size from 6 3/4" H x 4" W to 5 1/2" H x 8" W. Sheets range in size from 8 7/8" H x 5 3/8" W to 7 1/2" H x 11 1/8" W. All items mid/late 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www. caseantiques. com) Condition 1st item: Toning impressions from colored areas on surface of map. Minute black scuffs along lower right paper crease. 15" section of left edge of map cut away, paper tears, top left edge of sheet. Toning impressions visible en verso. 2nd item: Minute toning spots across top of sheet. Toning spots visible en verso. 3rd-29th items: Light overall toning, foxing spots, and water damage. Several sheets with rough edges from book removal. Two pieces of white tape, top left and right of "Butte de Morale" print. 30th-34th items: Light overall toning and foxing spots. "Canon Peak" with rough top edge from book removal. "Zuni Indian" with piece of scotch tape, top left corner, and paper tear, top right corner. 35th-38th items: Light overall toning. 39th-46th items: Light overall toning. Foxing spots, largest 1/4", top left of "298".
Edward Curtis, The North American Indian Volume IX, 1913: Edward S. Curtis. (1868 - 1952). The North American Indian Volume IX, 1913. Individual volume on Holland Van Gelder etching stock . Salishan Tribes of the Coast, Chimakum, Quilliute, Willapa. . The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume IX. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Foreward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass. ], 1913. . . LIMITED EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is numbered 48 of an unfulfilled edition of 500, on handmade Holland Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant by H. Blackwell of Boston, over beige linen-covered boards, original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmarks, with photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston after photographs by Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. . . TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures, including 1 hand-colored print. Over 220 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. . Provenance:. Edward S. Curtis Studio. Charles Arthur Moore, Jr. By descent to family. The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection 2019. . This set of “The North American Indian, ” number 48, by Edward Sherriff Curtis comes directly from the hands of the photographer, through four generations of the Moore (Close) family, to the hands of the buyer. The books keenly represent that period in American history when industrialization conquered the nation’s wild lands and clashed with its indigenous peoples, and for purposes of provenance it should be known that the man who acquired them from Curtis himself embodied both industry and a deep reverence for nature and the American West. The books were purchased from Edward S. Curtis by the seller’s great grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore, Jr. of Greenwich, Connecticut. Moore was a Greenwich native, a humanist, and an industrialist who became president of his father’s metal products manufacturing company Manning Maxwell & Moore that built parts such as gauges, valves, and hoists for cranes and trains. Moore’s New York City office was in the Chrysler Building just below the gargoyles. Born 23rd of June, 1880, in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Charles A. Moore, Sr. and Mary Campbell Moore, his siblings were Mary Elsie Moore who married Italian prince Don Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi; Eugene Maxwell Moore who married Titanic survivor Margaret Graham; and Jessie Ann Moore who married US Navy Admiral Colby Mitchell Chester. Moore married twice, first to Annette Sperry of Nashville with whom he had three children and divorced in 1919, then to Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall. The Hyde’s were also wealthy industrialists whose company, A. G. Hyde & Sons Co. manufactured dry goods such as the Heatherbloom petticoats, and advertised with the first moving sign on Times Square. Charles and Elizabeth, who was known as Betty, had two children: John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H. M. T. Rohna in World War II; and Bettine Moore, to whom the Curtis books later belonged. Moore was educated at St. Paul’s school and graduated Yale class of ’03. He was with the Montenegrin Army for some months during the Balkan War, then served throughout WWI, commanding in France the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich attached to the 56th Artillery, A. E. F. He retired at the conclusion of the war with the rank of Major. A life member of American Museum of Natural history, Moore contributed specimens to the institution, like a mountain goat he shot in northern Rockies near the Columbia River in 1904, among others. He was also a member of New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society) and the National Geographic Society, as well as many manufacturing groups. Moore was a physically imposing man, a great lover of nature, a deeply devoted father, and the owner of a self-sustaining 168-acre farm/estate in Greenwich called Mooreland, on Mooreland Road, at which he hosted the Highland Games every summer. He had a wide and eclectic circle of friends of many ethnicities. An avid photographer, he shot both stills and movies, a collection of which the family retains. Many photographs depict beautiful natural scenes, or holidays to places like Cuba and dude ranches in the west. The reels of black and white film that he shot portray his family life (Johnny and Bettine as children, the Highland games, etc. ), and travels during the 1920’s – 40’s. . EARLY INFLUENCE & LATER EXPEDITIONS:. In the fall of 1883, at the tender age of three, Arthur, as Charles, Jr. was known to his family, made a trans-continental trip by train on the Northern Pacific Railroad from New York City to Portland, Oregon with his parents. This was the very year the tracks were laid. One of his father’s letters from the journey, dated September 29, 1883 reads, "Yesterday Arthur shook hands through the window with an Indian Brave in War paint. ” This telling scene took pace in Billings, Montana, which at the time was still a territory. The Indian man was most likely Cheyenne, Crow, or Lakota Sioux. To put it into perspective, the Battle of the Little Big Horn/Battle of the Greasy Grass, otherwise known as Custer’s Last Stand, which took place just south of Billings, had happened only a few years prior, in 1876. Although the Indians won that battle, it was a symbolic win. In a mind-bogglingly short period of time their world had been forever altered. The last wild herds of buffalo had recently been obliterated from the landscape. Tribes were being force onto reservations. Settlers and miners were staking their claims. Who was he, the mystery “Indian brave”? We wish we knew, because his touch likely sparked in young Arthur a deep admiration for indigenous Americans and the west that eventually inspired him to sign onto the young Edward Curtis’ courageous venture in photography in 1906. Arthur’s early travels—and his father’s international travels and extensive political connections—also inspired him to become an explorer. Besides venturing west, he went north and east. He became dear friends with Captain Bartlett and 1897 journeyed with Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N. to find the geographic North Pole. Moore then took charter of the steam whaler Algerine and spent the summer of 1901 in the Hudson’s Straights and Hudson’s Bay. His expedition north and with Peary succeeded in charting new waters and bringing back trophies, like Inuit artifacts and the Cape York meteorite, which is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It is likely that befriending Inuit peoples also compelled him to support Curtis’ work. Later, in 1906, Mr. Moore traveled to Arabia, lands then controlled by the Ottoman Empire, including into what is now modern-day Syria, with the day’s most famous political cartoonist, Homer Davenport, whose drawings satirized figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The purpose of the expedition was to bringing back Arabian horses to the United States. Davenport had fallen in love with the breed at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893, the first time Arabian horses were on US soil. Moore, also a keen horseman, photographed and documented their expedition to Arabia, playing a key role in bringing some of the earliest desert-bred Arabian mares and stallions to America. Moore’s love of animals, wild lands, native peoples, art, and the west, he passed on to his daughter Bettine, wife of Dr. William Taliaferro Close, and mother of actress Glenn Close and her three siblings, and, through them, to his great granddaughter who made the difficult decision to sell the books. 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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A collection of documents related to Western Indian agencies, comprising: Lot of 7.PRICE, H. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. TLS, Washington: 20 Nov. 1884. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. 4to, 2pp. To Martin A. Colt (brother of revolver inventor Samuel Colt), appointing him "Additional Farmer" at $75 per month at the Crow Agency in Montana. ATKINS, John D.C., Commissioner of Indian Affairs. TLS, Washington: 27 June 1885. 4to, 1p, on Department of the Interior letterhead. To Martin A. Colt (brother of Samuel Colt, inventor of the revolver), dismissing him from the position of "Additional Farmer" by reason of incapacitation by age.PROCTOR, Redfield, US Secretary of War, Washington: 26 Sept. 1889. 4to, 5pp. "Subject: Abandonment of Fort Shaw." To Russell B. Harrison, son of President Benjamin Harrison. The younger Harrison had requested that the government keep the fort open for two more years, even though the Piegan, Bloods and Blackfeet (both US and Canada) were not likely to cause any trouble. It is speculated that Harrison could have been involved in land purchases in Montana, and the security of the fort would secure the value of said lands.Color "Map showing Indian Reservations in the United States West of the 84th Meridian and Number of Indians belonging thereto." 1881. 15.5 x 19.75 in.Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14, 40th Congress, 3d Session. "Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in response to Senate resolution of the 12th of March last calling for information concerning the alleged killing by soldiers, in the office of the agent of the Poncas, in the Indian Territory, of Big Snake, a chief man of the Poncas...." 8vo, paper wraps, 15pp. (front wrap missing other than remnants along spine, water stains along right and bottom edges, not affecting text)Senate Bill 2764, 51st Congress, 1st Session. Washington: 20 Feb. 1890. 4to, 3pp. Bill to provide for allotment of lands to the Quapaw Indians in Indian Territory.SMITH, Hoke (1855-1931), US Secy. of Interior. TLS, Washington: 5 June 1895. 4to, 1p. On Dept. of Interior letterhead to George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), early conservationist and anthropologist studying native American life. Authorizing Grinnell to visit several Indian reservations and schools that are under Interior's control.
Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/Chickamauga Presentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic gavel measures 10? long made from a piece of souvenir wood embedded with a lead minie ball from the Chickamauga battlefield. The front of the simple mallet head bears a jeweler inscribed gold plate (not tested) that reads: ?PRESENTED TO/Hon D.B. Dyer/ FIRST MAYOR OF/Guthrie I.T./BY HIS FRIEND C.C.S./June 4 1889.? The presentation is flanked by CHICKAMAUGA and TENNESSEE on either side. The identity of ?C.C.S ? presumably a local Indian Territory inhabitant and former soldier-friend of Dyer is unknown. Additionally the lot includes a small archive of nine files containing Dyer manuscript correspondence to/from the Quapaw Indian Agency in the O.T. 1880-1884. Also three sundry files the first being a printed inventory booklet with annotations of ?Colonel Dyers Collection of Indian Curiosities? exhibited at the 1893 Columbia Exposition with a later article discussing the same collection then on loan to the Kansas City Public Library. The other files contain a typed letter dated February 1911 acknowledging Dyer??Ts the newspaper man cancellation of his Associated Press Membership. Last is a damaged manuscript letter to Dyer dated March 1911 on the letterhead of ?Pawnee??Ts Bill??Ts Buffalo Ranch.? D. B. Dyer??Ts time as Indian Agent ??" documented by Mrs. Dyer in the ?Frontier Classic Series? Fort Reno ??" came to a sudden end in July 1885 when the visiting government inspector concluded that ?his conflict with the Cheyenne prevented him from effectively carrying out his duties.? Mr. and Mrs. Dyer then moved to Kansas City Missouri where he engaged in the real estate business for the next few years with a partner from the Indian Agency days. In 1887 the Dyers also organized an exhibition of their ?large collection of Indian artifacts and relics? from the Quapaw Agency and this served as a catalyst for their lifelong friendship with ?Buffalo Bill? Cody. Dyer then found himself at the forefront of one of the most noteworthy events of the later 19th century. Leaders of Kansas City requested that D.B. Dyer go to Washington to lobby Congress to obtain support for what would become the two million acre ''Land Run'' of 1889. With the help of friendly Congressmen after a lengthy and sometimes factious debate President Harrison was pressured to open the Oklahoma District to a wave of homesteaders--Boomers--on April 22 1889. On that one frenzied day thousands of would-be settlers from across the country poured into the District staking claims and erecting tent cities. Overnight the small way station previously known as Deer Creek on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line mushroomed into a boomtown of 10 000 people soon to be renamed Guthrie Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Territory was formally organized on May 2 1889 Guthrie became the first capital quickly transforming itself into the ?Queen of the Prairie? complete with modern brick and stone structures in the Victorian style a municipal water and electrical works underwritten with bonds a horse drawn mass transit system and underground carriage parking in the central business district. At the forefront of this unprecedented development were ?hundreds of men who contributed time and money to bring about this result ? including D. B. Dyer who was elected first Mayor of Guthrie. Recalling those bygone days in 1904 Dyer wrote ?Everything was confusion and bedlam but on the morning of the 23rd a mass meeting was called where thousands assembled on the highest point of land in the town and proceeded to organize a regular old fashioned town meeting.? Of immediate concern was the multitude of conflicting and haphazard claims in and around Guthrie coupled with the fact that there was ?no law or precedent? for organizing the city policing the newcomers or arbitrating their claims. Dyer added that ?having been stationed in the territory for many years previous to this time and having represented Kansas City before Congress to secure the opening of this Territory I was probably at that time better known than any other individual on the ground.? An executive committee was formed and from this exercise ?of starting a government by the people ? D.B. Dyer was nominated to be Mayor. At first Dyer wrote that he ?steadfastly refused??|as I did not expect to remain in the territory permanently.? Dyer soon availed himself persuaded by his close friends and associates ?to accept the responsibility? as ?I could no longer decline??|given what seemed an impending crisis.? The committee made its report to the ?assembled mass? and ?when my name was presented to the people I was unanimously elected.? A city council was then elected and the two United States Marshals on the scene together with deputies and a small military detachment temporarily provided public safety. The burden of the early administrative work dealt with arbitrating overlapping claims and establishing property boundaries. The public right of way took precedence over individual claims and mayor himself was forced to cede at least one potentially valuable property to make way for a city street. The symbolic gavel offered here was presented to D.B. Dyer on June 4 1889 ??" the occasion is not recorded ??" and it clearly reflects a sense of steady fair-mindedness that he demonstrated to the citizens of Guthrie. Faced with the overwhelming task of constructing a city from the prairie Dyer wrote humbly ?Thousands of arbitrary decisions for the want of any law were forced upon those in authority??|? The mayor recalled that his ?own personal work was unremitting ? but after just three months on the job during which time Guthrie??Ts ?streets had been laid out ? he suddenly returned to his wife in Kansas City in July 1889 to pursue a more grandiose business scheme back east in Augusta Georgia. Dyer??Ts 1904 pamphlet recounting Early Oklahoma Days ??" published by his Augusta Chronicle newspaper ??" is fondly imbued with the lofty principle of Manifest Destiny. Oklahoma he waxes was the ?promised land and it is the same spirit that has reclaimed the vast solitude to civilization.? The popular American ethos of inevitability ??" our national self image on late 19th century stage ??" had already crystallized into a retrospective: ?They were genuine pioneers full of push and enterprise not satisfied with any half-hearted efforts to achieve their ambition and realize their dreams.? In 1910 Dyer reminisced about ?the cruel days of the opening of Oklahoma and rejoiced that the city of Guthrie itself was established without bloodshed through the cooperation of its brand new but stalwart citizens.? The small archive of letters that accompany the presentation gavel contain nothing of extraordinary significance but offer some interesting insight into the day-to-day workings of the Quapaw Indian Agency. In March 1880 D.B. Dyer wrote his parents (three lengthy letters) suggesting that they come to teach the Indian children at the agency school. Dyer matter-of-factly describes the arrangement as an ideal business opportunity as the teacher tends the agency farm rent free and is compensated ?$3.75 per month on each pupil? while the Indian children labor in exchange for food and lodging. Two more deeply personal letters from March 1881 from Daniel to his wife Ida are extremely revealing given their often rocky relationship documented in the forward of Mrs. Dyer??Ts Fort Reno account. In these letters Daniel writes passionately his words driven by a hitherto unknown religious zeal. Opting for the third person he engages Ida by invoking God: ???|and today he (meaning Daniel) is striving to repay his Lord with good deeds by working in the vineyard as a Missionary among the Indians ??" trying faithfully to atone for past offences??|? The letter pleads for reconciliation without begging. Written the next year an indenture in long-hand from August 1882 stipulating the division of real estate and property in advance of George and Ida??Ts ultimate divorce. Another exchange of letters dating from March 1884 between Dyer and Henry M. Lawson of Texas discusses the details of the Lawson??Ts transition ?as my successor to this Agency!? Lawson explains that he is unable to secure legal signatures for the required bond required by the government and until the matter is resolved he can only offer ?that I will be with you at or before the time indicated.? Still another file contains a typed copy of an 1886 lawsuit brought by one Rachael Silverheels in defense of her property in the Indian Territory illustrating the extent to which Indians were manipulated and ??~legally??T cheated out of land ostensibly deeded by right of treaty. The file containing the inventory booklet of D.B. Dyers collection of Indian artifacts from the 1893 Columbia Exposition includes a description of Captain Jack's coat: ?Modoc. Buckskin beaded made by Princess Mary sister of Captain Jack of Lava Bed fame and who was hung by the Government. Mary made this coat the same as the one Captain Jack had on when he was hung and presented it to Col Dyer at that time agent of the Modocs.? Collectively a fine historic artifact together with supporting archive relating to the early territorial history of Oklahoma of immeasurable importance to the Shangra-la-like city of Guthrie. Finally there are 67 empty covers with stamps dating to the 1880's mostly addressed to Col. Dyer at the Quapaw and Darlington Indian Agencies. The majority of the envelopes have printed return addresses such as ''House of Representatives '' ''Senate Chamber '' or ''Department of the Interior.'' Sadly the whereabout of the letters are unknown presumed lost. Descended Directly in the Dyer Family Condition: Gavel is complete and undamaged; all letters/paper complete and intact showing age with usual folds etc.
[American Indian - Southwest] Books on the Pima and Tohono O'odham lot of 10 books including:Acuff Guy. Akimult Aw A Tham: The River People. Casa Grande: Casa Grande Printing 1980.Cain H. Thomas. Pima Indians Basketry. Phoenix: McGrew Printing and Lithographic Co. 1977.DeWald Terry. The Papago Indians and Their Basketry Tuscon 1979.Fontana Bernard L. Of Earth and Little Rain: The Papago Indians. Flagstaff: Northland Press 1981.Kissell Mary Lois. Basketry of the Papago and Pima Indians. Glorieta: Rio Grande Press Inc. 1972.Nabhan Gary Paul. The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country. San Francisco: North Point Press 1987.Russell Frank. The Pima Indians. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press 1975.Saxton Dean and Lucille. O'othham Hoho'ok A'agitha: Legends and Lore of the Papago and Pima Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1978.Underhill Ruth. The Papago Indians of Arizona and their Relatives the Pima. Washington D.C.: Bureau of Indian Affairs 1941.Underhill Ruth. The Papago and Pima Indians of Arizona. Palmer Lake: Filter Press 1979.
[American Indian - General] Anthropological Journals and other Research Books lot of 14 journals and books including:Beck Peggy V. and Anna L. Walters The Sacred Ways of Knowledge Sources of Life. Navajo Nation: Navajo Community College Press 1988.Black Robert A. The American Indian Quarterly: Journal of American Indian Studies. Berkeley: Native American Studies Program at University of California Berkeley 1992(Vol. XVI: 2 3 and 4).Foster Morris W. (ed). The American Indian Quarterly. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1993 (Vol. 17:1 3 and 4).Henry Jeannette (ed). The American Indian Reader: Anthropology. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press 1972.Henry Jeannette (ed). The American Indian Reader: Education. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press 1972.Henry Jeannette (ed). The American Indian Reader: Literature. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press 1973.Henry Jeannette (ed). The American Indian Reader: History. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press 1974.Hodge William. A Bibliography of Contemporary North American Indians. New York: Interland Publishing Inc. 1976.Lauritzen Elizabeth. An Anthology of North American Indian Literature. Brigham City: Utah nd.Oswalt Wendell H. This Land was Theirs: A Study of the North American Indian. New York: John Wiley and Sons 1973.
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS.Important News. Lexington, [Kentucky] September 8. An Express arrived here on Saturday evening about eight o'Clock with letters from the Army, from which we have collected the following particulars . Staunton, VA: William Throckmorton, [September 1794]. Small broadside with wide margins and deckle edges (9x7 inches, 225x180 mm). Condition: Very light foxing and soiling, minor staining, old folds.unrecorded broadside account of the american victory over indian forces at the battle of fallen timbers - the final battle of the northwest indian war. Following the American defeat at the Battle of the Wabash, Washington reorganized the US Army and appointed Anthony Wayne as its commander. Raising a large force, and accompanied by Kentucky militia, Wayne's army began marching deep into Indian territory in the summer of 1794. Learning from St. Clair's mistakes, Wayne ordered forts erected as they advanced to cover his position and thwart any surprise attacks. After a final offer for peace was rejected by Blue Jacket of the Shawnees in mid-August 1794, the army moved toward the main body of Indian forces amassed close to British-held Fort Miami near Roched de Bout on the Miamee River. The British had long been supporting the Indian forces, as the terms of the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution stipulated that they could remain in the region as long as the Indian dispute remained unresolved. On 20 August 1794, at a clearing filled with fallen trees and high grass, approximately 1000 Indians attempted a surprise attack. This broadside gives an accurate account of the battle:On the 20th ult. About 146 miles advanced of Greenville, the advance guard, consisting of two companies, were attacked by about 1100 Indians and Canadian militia: the attack being sudden and unexpected, the advance guard fell back on the main army and threw them into confusion … after forming not more than two heavy fires were exchanged before they were ordered to charge the enemy, which was instantly done; upon which the enemy immediately gave ground, and our men rushing forward with such impetuosity, the enemy were dislodged from their coverts; and the cavalry taking advantage of that event, pursued them about two miles when they were dispersed . . . One hundred and twenty seven scalps were taken, and a number killed in the river that were not scalped. The army remained three days on the groundm, and returned to fort Defiance, at the mouth of the Auglaize, where they were on the 34th ult. … The text of the broadside continues with a description of Fort Miami and concludes with a list of the Kentucky volunteers who were killed and wounded.The American victory over Indian forces at Fallen Timbers not only brought an end to organized Indian resistance in the Northwest Territory, but led to the Treaty of Greenville, which established a definite boundary between the United States and the Indians. The importance of this treaty was twofold: it began a period of American migration west of the Alleghanies leading to large scale settlement of Ohio; and resulted in the provision within Jay's Treaty in which the British formally abandoned their occupation of the region.This broadside is an exceptional example of early printing in the shenandoah valley , being only the second separately-printed work issued in Staunton. The broadside appears to be unique, with no other extant copies. Not listed in Evans, Bristol, Shipton and Mooney, or Hummel. No copies listed in OCLC or American Book Prices Current .
1912 Indian 7hp ‘Big Twin’Engine no. 76D135
Oscar Hedstrom and Oliver Hendee, both active in the cycle racing world, got together to found the Hendee Manufacturing Company and build the first prototype Indian motorcycle in 1901. That first machine was powered by a single-cylinder, ‘F-head’ (inlet over exhaust) engine that formed part of the ‘diamond’ frame, in the Indian’s case it sloped rearwards to act as the seat tube. An advanced feature in motorcycling’s early, pioneering days, chain drive was used by Indian right from the start.
The Indian single proved immensely successful and provided the basis for the first of the powerful, large-capacity v-twins for which the marque is best remembered. Indian’s first, 38.61cu in (633cc) v-twin appeared in 1907 with an engine clearly derived from that of the single, though mechanical inlet valves - introduced for 1908 - were an early improvement. The twin’s rear cylinder continued to form part of the frame until 1909 when a loop frame of the type favored by rivals Harley-Davidson was adopted. The Springfield firm’s first ‘Big Twin’ debuted that same year displacing 60.32ci (988cc). At the end of 1915 the Big Twin, by this time equipped with 61ci (998cc) engine, leaf-sprung frame and three-speed countershaft gearbox, was superseded by a new ‘flat head’ v-twin - the Powerplus - thus bringing to an end a noble line.
This Big Twin dates from 1912, a year in which Indian sales benefited considerably from the firm’s famous 1-2-3 finish at the 1911 Isle of Man TT, a remarkable achievement made possible by the advantages conferred by the use of all-chain drive. The machine was restored by renowned Indian specialist Pete Bollenbach and bought by Mike Corbin in August 1995. Presented in excellent condition, this superbly restored Big Twin is offered with condition report, Bill of Sale and State of Illinois Certificate of Title.
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WILLIAMS, Lilyann.Manuscript letter written and signed for her in a clerical hand, to Georgia Governor James Jackson, detailing her captivity with the Creek Indians and petitioning him for his assistance in recovering her daughter who remained a captive . Laurens County, SC, 14 October 1799. 2 pages, with an affidavit signed by her with a mark on a third page (12x7 inches, 300x180 mm). The affidavit signed by several county officials and with a paper seal. Condition: Some browning and toning, a few very minor chips at edges.remarkable 1799 manuscript account of a female and child captive held by creek indians in georgia. Lilyann Williams, apparently illiterate as this letter is written and signed on her behalf by a clerk (although with the integral affidavit containing her mark) here petitions Georgia Governor for his assistance, relating her capture, the birth of a daughter in captivity and describing her in detail in the hopes that he can assist in recovering her. “… I am a woman that in the year 1787 was taken a prisoner by the Creek Indians in your state and my Husband afterwards died. I was pregnant when taken, and while a prisoner brought forth a female Child. And in May 1795 I was brought into Savannah and Exchanged for, but the Indians refused to give up my Child, which is now near twelve years old. And now being informd that by the federal Treate with Sundry of the Indian tribes & with sd Creek Nation, that there is a way proscribed by sd Treaty to get her from sd Savages by making application to your Exilency and I so well knowing the Cruelty with which prisoners is usd by them, by sad experience, I humbly petition your Exilency to (amediately) take such steps as to you may seem rite.” It is unclear to what treaty Williams is referring. The first treaty between the United States and the Creek Indians, the Treaty of New York, included such a provision for returning captives, but was signed nine years prior to this petition. The 1796 Treaty of Coleraine also included that provision. The letter continues with a description of her daughter: “I now give you the following description of my Child and where She was whin I left the nation &c. She is rather low made and has got a large scar on her side rather below her breast and has got yellow hair. I left her in a town Calld Oakchois and there was no other white person in sd town when I left there but herself. And sd town is near a town calld the Kielages in which there is a number of whites. And the name given the child by the Indians is Esne Hatchey…” We could locate no information about this captivity, and other than this document appears unrecorded. manuscript material relating to indian captivities by the southern tribes is excessively rare .
[American Indian - General] Books on Native Histories Stories and Travel lot of 10 books including:Cahn Edgar S. (ed). Our Brother's Keeper: The Indian in White America. Washington D.C.: New Community Press Inc. 1969.Debo Angie. And Still the Waters Run: The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes. Princeton: Princeton University 1972.Grinnell George Bird. By Cheyenne Campfires. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1971.Hillerman Tony. Indian Country: America's Sacred Land. Flagstaff: Northland Press 1988.LaFarge Oliver. A Pictorial History of the American Indian. New York: Crown Publishers 1956.Marquis Arnold. A guide to America's Indians: Ceremonials Reservations and Museums. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1978.Shanks Ralph and Lisa. North American Indian Travel Guide. Petaluma: Costano Books 1986.Viola Herman J. After Columbus: The Smithsonian Chronicle of the North American Indians. New York: Orion Books 1990.Waldman Carl. Atlas of the North American Indian. New York: Facts on File 1985. Leavitt Jerome E. America and Its Indians. New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1962.
U.S. Army Indian Scout William E. Archbold LeQuesne Archive 3 letters; 7 manuscripts; ribbon; newsclippings; 13 photographs; and 3 baskets that were purportedly presented to LeQuesne by Sitting Bull's daughter. 1884-1904. As a young man William E.A. LeQuesne joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and served in the Canadian wild west doing active duty during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 (an unsuccessful attempt by the Metis and Indian allies to break free of Anglo-Canadian domination) and during the cross-border tensions with the United States during the Plains Indian Wars he served as an interpreter and scout for the Americans (under Gen. Nelson A. Miles) as well as for the Canadians. Borders mattered little. Fluent in Dakota language and apparently conversant in other languages from the Upper Plains LeQuesne was not a simple caricature of an ''Indian fighter '' he lived among the tribes on a friendly basis and says he befriended Sitting Bull himself even claiming that Sitting Bull offered his daughter in marriage -- LeQuesne delicately declined referencing his wife in the east. Later in life LeQuesne and his wife taught at an Indian mission school in the Dakotas and he achieved some minor fame as a lecturer and writer sometimes using the Dakota moniker Matoptecela drawing upon his experiences during the 1870s and 1880s to produce very readable narratives about life among the ?Sioux.? His is in the classic western genre exciting and detailed but it carries an authenticity lacking in many accounts of life among the Indians borne of hard experience. In one story he writes that he had known warriors not only from the Sioux and Blackfoot but also Crow Nez Perce Gros Ventres Cree Assiniboine Salteau Chippewa Blood Piegan and Sarcee. The LeQuesne collection includes seven memoirs more or less polished all written ar0und the turn of the twentieth century. These include: 17pp essay signed Matoptecela July 31 1900 relating an incident in which he took part stealing a wife in Sitting Bull??Ts camp for a young man (Coyote) who had too few horses to trade for a wife: Now as stealing a squaw was a crime in a Sioux camp and the girl??Ts father (Pants) had the privilege of shooting the thief if he caught him inside of three says it was a serious matter. An exciting chase follows Lequesne managing to evade all repercussions for his part in the theft and account of Coyote??Ts return after the statute of limitation ran out ingratiating himself to the father and camp. A second version of the Coyote-Pants story a bit longer but perhaps incomplete. A few of the personal qualifications of the administration of the Clondyke 7pp (incomplete). Includes a fascinating discussion of Gen. Nelson Miles inviting Long Dog and other hostile Indians and Custer-veterans to see the operation of the Gattling Gun with LeQuesne acting as interpreter: The exclamation of this warrior on seeing a little butte or hill torn up by one discharge of the gun made our hair stand on end and I would not like to see it on paper. The General checked the Indian for using such language and asked him where he learned to swear in that way and cautioned him not to do so again. The Indian replied that he had learned it all from the soldiers and if he did not like to hear the Indians talk that way he should forbid the soldiers using such words in their hearing... While on the Qu??Tappelle station 8pp regarding two ill-inclined half-breeds who committed murder and were pursued until captured by the Mounted Police. Life in a Sioux camp a few years after the Black Hills trouble 2pp (incomplete). Describing a visit to Sitting Bull??Ts camp. For the Boys and Girls Weekly a memoir apparently aimed at a younger audience but with excellent content 15pp. As bloodthirsty & cruel as the Sioux warrior was known to be he no doubt had a bump of hospitality which I will undertake to prove from a little personal experience. During the winter of ??T79 buffalo were plentiful on some of our western plains & Sitting Bull with about 400 lodges of his followers were encamped on the White Mud River hunting. I was one of a party going over the prairie in question & got lost in a snow storm before reaching the crossing the White Mud... Memoir of Indian service 8pp. Includes an account of Sitting Bull??Ts surrender to American forces handing his gun to a young boy and saying here my boy hand my gun & give my horse to the White Chief. You will never be a man for you cannot have a gun to shoot your enemies with. Also account of Indian hunting accidents the survivor of an attack by the Blackfoot and the revenge exacted; and an account of interpreting for the Canadian government during the rebellion of 1885 including the capture of Star Blanket Five articles written for newspapers ca.1893 each on folio sheets. Content memoirs of arresting Indians for attempted murder; Indian horses; and spending a New Year with one of the leaders of the Minnesota Massacre in 1887. Among the three letters two stand out. The first is a letter of recommendation from R. Brinton Deane March 22 1894 attesting that LeQuesne served as Sioux interpreter and Scout under my command during the rebellion of 1885 rendering valuable service and crediting him with the capture of Chief Star Blanket and White Cap two troublesome Indians of whose whereabouts it was very difficult to obtain reliable information. The second letter is a fine TLS from Gen. Nelson A. Miles recalling LeQuesne??Ts service in the Yellowstone (Aug. 4 1904). The collection also includes a fascinating typed diary (in photocopy only) of Aunt Beth??Ts [Archbold??Ts wife]... 500 miles drive through the South Dakota Plains to attend a Sioux Indian church Convocation 8pp 1902; a handsome printed discharge from the North West Mounted Police Force June 9 1884; a Knights of Pythias membership; newsclippings; and 2 photos of Mrs. LeQuesne with peace pipe (ca 1956). The photographs make an exciting and decidedly odd addition to the collection. Headlining the lot is a superb cdv-sized tintype of a jaunty LeQuesne seated in his dress Mountie uniform but there are as well four images of him wearing a disguise as an Indian scout and spy -- two are identical real photo postcards signed Matoptecela and perhaps sold as souvenirs as his lectures. Joining these images in disguise are three images of an ''Indian'' woman (possibly Mrs. LeQuesne in disguise) a studio portrait of LeQuesne dated 1911 and a printing-out paper print of a white man most likely LeQuesne and Long Dog a ''Head Warrior'' (Camp Policeman) in Sitting Bull's camp during the Canadian exile. This is from an otherwise unknown photo by David F. Barry ca. 1887-88 taken at Standing Rock Reservation D.T. A group of 3 Sioux baskets that were purported presented to LeQuesne by Sitting Bull's daughter also accompany this fine lot. Two of the 3 baskets are accompanied by written notes the first identified as ?Porcupine quill work on Birchbark base the second identified as Sweet Grass basket...containing agate from Duluth MI Lake Superior? with both notes stating that the baskets were presented to LeQuesne by Sitting Bull's daughter. The baskets range in size from 4.5 in. dia. to 6.75 in. dia. A small heart with ?Elizabeth LeQuesne? weaved into is also included. These 3 baskets are pictured in one of the 20th century press photographs included in the lot of Mrs. LeQuesne displaying the other items purportedly given to her husband by Sitting Bull including a peace pipe which was eventually donated to an institution. A superb record of a Canadian veteran of the Plains Indian wars of the 1870s and 1880s a Mountie and first rate writer who could tell a story with marvelous pace and verve. The paper is not of uniform quality and some pages tattered at the edges though affecting relatively little of the text.
Harry Schaare (1922-2008) "Indians Scouting Army": Harry Schaare (American, 1922 - 2008) "Indians Scouting Army" Signed lower right. Oil on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. . . This painting originally appeared in the Fleetwood Trails West Collection of Fine Art Prints as "The Final Conflict" published in 1983. . . Primeval forces that shaped America's river valleys and mountain passes dictated the direction of the pioneers' Trails West. Thus, it was not the surveyor, but the easiest natural route, that led the white man across the North American continent. It was the early settlers' journey West in search of gold, silver, new land and a promise of a better life that led to a conflict of cultures. Thus began the inevitable and tragic confrontation between the white man and the native son of the western wilderness . the Indian. Indians often watched cautiously from a distance as the Cavalry, destined to be the red man's worst enemy, moved westward. Since Indians were considered ruthless savages by the white man, there was never an objection to displacing them. Consequently, in the years that followed, frequent battles led to the deaths of thousands of white men and Indians. Then in 1868, weary of war, the U. S. government sought to make peace with the Indians. Under billowing tent folds at Ft. Laramie, Wyoming, Indian warriors and military leaders gathered to talk . and agreed to bring an end to war. Now confined in their own land by military forces, Indians turned inward, to new spiritual beliefs, in the hope of regaining their land and their freedom. It was a young Paiute prophet, Wovoka, who fostered the Ghost Dance ritual . a spiritual rite that contributed to the last and most tragic conflict between Indian and white man which occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. . . Image Size: 17. 75 x 20. 75 in. . Overall Size: 17. 75 x 20. 75 in. . Unframed. . (B07358) Condition . - By registering to bid for this auction either in-house or online and/or placing a bid in this auction the BIDDER/BUYER agrees to all the terms and conditions of Helmuth Stone Gallery Auctions. . - All silver, gold and/or jewelry lots or invoices containing said lots MUST be paid for via wire transfer or cashier’s check, no other forms of payment will be accepted. . - We recommend looking into shipping quotes prior to bidding, shipping quotes can take up to a week or more post-sale as we host our auctions through 6 online platforms and shipping can become backlogged. . - All sales are final; no refunds will be given under any circumstances. . - Helmuth Stone Gallery provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. . - Online images can sometimes be low quality due to the uploading process, original high-resolution images can be requested via email at HelmuthStone@gmail. com Available payment options on Bidsquare
LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de, Bishop of Chiapa (1484-1566).A COMPLETE SET OF THE INDIAN TRACTS 8 parts in 2 volumes, comprising;VOLUME I with 5 Tracts, 8vo (193 x 136 mm). 17th-century speckled calf, gilt title to spine, red and green speckled edges; morocco folding case. Provenance: "Fletcher"Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716), his signature ("Fletcher") on lower pastedown; This volume, sale Sothebys London, June 23 1988, lot 195, £9,500 ($16,800).Acquisition: purchased from Librairie Thomas-Scheler.[No. 4]. Tratado co[m]probatorio del Imperio soberano… que los Reyes de Castilla y Leon tienen sobre las indias. Seville: Sebastian Trugillo, 1553. [80] ff. including final blank. Gothic type. Title in red and black below woodcut arms of Spain, within four-part woodcut border, woodcut initials. "The purpose of this tract is `to prove the sovereign empire and universal dominion by which the kings of Castile and Leon hold the West Indies'" (Church). European Americana 553/19; Sabin 11231; Church 96; Field, Essay towards an Indian Bibliography 869; Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Americana 156.[No. 7]. Aqui se contiene una disputa… entre el Obispo… Bartholome de las Casas … y el doctor Gines de Sepulveda. Seville: Trugillo, 1552. [62] ff. including final blank. Title in red and black within four-part woodcut border incorporating the arms of Spain, from Cromberger's stock (the same blocks used in tract 2). first issue, with last line of title reading "An[n]o 1552". Contains Domingo de Soto's account of the controversy between Las Casas and Gines Sepulveda, who argued against the personal rights of the heathen Indians. European Americana 552/13; Sabin 11234; Church 91; Field 865; Medina BHA 147.[No. 2]. Entre los remedies que don fray Bartolome delas Casas… refirio por mandado del Emperador … para reformacion de las Indias. Seville : Jacome Cromberger, 1552. [54] ff. including final blank. Title in red and black within four-part woodcut border incorporating the arms of Spain (same blocks as those used in tract 7). (Trace of dampstaining in quires c-3, short marginal tear in gutter of g1.)"Assigns twenty reasons to prove that the Indians should not be given to the Spaniards in any form of slavery" (Church). European Americana 552/9; Sabin 11229; Church 89; Field 862; Medina BHA 146.[No. 1]. Brevissima relacion de la destruyción de las Indias. Seville: Trugillo, 1552. [54] ff. Title in red and black below woodcut arms of Spain & within four-part woodcut border, woodcut initials. "The Brevissima relacion remains today almost unparalleled in the vigor of its composition and the nobility of its design… The work is divided into nineteen Articles, each portraying in detail the condition of the Indians, in one of the provinces of Spanish America… "(Field, p. 217). The four leaves at end (quire g), with drop-title Lo que se sigue es un pedaço de una carta y relacion, often catalogued separately, contain a fragment of an eye-witness account of terrible atrocities committed by the Spanish. European Americana 552/8; Sabin 11227-8; Church 87-88; Field 860-861; Medina BHA 151.[No.5]. Aqui se co[n]tiene[n] unos avisos y reglas para los confessores q[ue] oyeren confessines de los Espanoles qui son o han sido en cargo a los Indios de las Indias del mar Oceano. Seville: Trugillo, 1552. [16] ff. Title with small cut of a penitent with his confessor, within four-part woodcut border. Contains the 12 rules that Las Casas had written in 1546 or 1547 for confessors, in which all offices of the church were to be denied to all those who held Indians as slaves. European Americana 552/11; Sabin 11232; Church 90; Field 860-861; Medina BHA 148.VOLUME II with 3 tracts, 8vo (192 x 131 mm). 20th-century polished calf by Lobstein-Laurenchet, sides and spine gilt-ruled, gilt edges; morocco folding case.[No. 3]. Este es un tratado… sobre la material de los Yndios que se han hecho en ellas esclavos. Seville : Trugillo, 1552. [36] ff., final page blank. Title in red & black within four-part woodcut border, woodcut initials. Several early marginal ms. corrections, rules & pointing fingers in brown ink in first work (b7r, c1r, d8v, and d9v). Contains judicial precedents and logical reasons supporting the argument that the South American natives should be freed from slavery. European Americana 552/10; Sabin 11230; Church 93; Field 866; Medina BHA 149.[No. 6]. Acqui se co[n]tiene[n] treynta proposiciones muy juridicas, en las quales toca[n] muchas cosas pertenecie[n[tes al derecho… sobre los infieles de qual quier especie que sean… Seville : Trugillo, 1552. [10] ff. Title in red & black within four-part woodcut border, woodcut initials (upper border cut of title just shaved). These "thirty propositions" buttress the twelve rules that Las Casas had written for confessors in his diocese regarding the bestowing of absolution, which was refused, by a Bull of Pope Paul III, to all those who held Indians as slaves. This, and the rule that all property obtained by violence from the natives must be returned to them, had met with complaints, to which Las Casas responds here. European Americana 552/12; Sabin 11233; Church 94; Field 867; Medina, BHA 148.[No. 8]. Principia quaeda[m] ex quibus procedendum est in disputatione ad manifestandam et defendendam justiciam Yndorum. [drop-title]. Seville : Sebastian Trugillo, [1552?]. [10] ff. Caption title in red & black. Condition: repair to lower gutter of final leaf of last tract with five words wholly or partly in facsimile.Sets forth "certain principles to be established in disputations regarding the government and defense of the Indians," "in an attempt to familiarize the minds of the clergy with the principles upon which he based his whole theory of the right of the Indians to person and property" (Field, p. 218). European Americana 552/15; Sabin 11235; Church 95; Field 868; Medina, BHA 152.first editions. The Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas, "apostle of the Indians," campaigned throughout his life for better treatment by the Spanish conquerors of the indigenous American populations. In these tracts, written from the 1540s to 1553, and often referred to under the title of the first tract (Brevissima relacion de la destruyción de las Indias), he set forth his views on the essential humanity of indigenous South Americans, recapitulating and consolidating his past arguments for better treatment of the Indians. Las Casas' tracts contain vivid descriptions of the extent and nature of the abuses suffered by the native South Americans at the hands of the Europeans, and they are in many cases the only source of our knowledge of this period of Spanish rule. His accounts of the atrocities wrought by the Spanish on the native Americans have rarely been questioned, and were unchallenged by even his most virulent opponents. The above eight tracts are variously ordered and traditionally counted as nine, with the four-leaf appendix to the Brevissima relacion erroneously counted as a separate pamphlet. We follow Sabin's order above.full runs of las casas' indian tracts are of the greatest rarity and even individual tracts are scarcely encountered in such condition.
1912 Indian 4-Valve Single Racing MotorcycleEngine no. 14D186
As Indian approached its tenth birthday, the design of Oscar Hedstrom’s original single-cylinder motorcycle had begun to mature. Like the vast majority of its contemporaries, the early Indian owed much to traditional bicycle design, which was hardly surprising as Hedstrom and his partner Oliver Hendee had started out in the cycle business. Other manufacturers, most notably arch rivals Harley-Davidson, had started with a clean sheet of paper, adopting what was generally known as the ‘loop’ frame that wrapped around the engine. Indian went down this road for 1909, abandoning the old ‘diamond’ frame.
Indian’s singles continued to have a rearward sloping cylinder, though this was no longer part of the frame. By this time the Indian ‘F-head’ (inlet-over-exhaust) single was available in three different capacities: 19.3ci (316cc), 26.96ci (442cc) and 30.5cu in (500cc), though only the smallest and largest of the trio were still on offer in 1910. That same year, Oscar Hedstrom designed new engines that would enable the company to retain its supremacy in motordrome (board track) racing that had recently come under threat from Excelsior. To maintain its edge, Indian switched from the ‘F-head’ arrangement to overhead valves, solving the problem of keeping two necessarily large valves cool by using four per cylinder. There was an added bonus, as the additional port area enabled the engine to breathe more freely. The new 8-valve v-twin and 4-valve single-cylinder engines debuted in 1911 and were immediately successful in keeping Indian at the forefront of board-track racing.
Restored by renowned Indian restoration expert, Dave Harp (previously restorer for the Imperial Palace Collection) this motorcycle is constructed of genuine original Indian parts, with the exception of the cylinder and overhead-valve conversion, both of which are reproductions. Built to the highest standard, it is a wonderful example of a period-correct board-track racer. Offered with a 'Bill of Sale.'
A collection of Native American art reference books, 20th Century Comprising thirty-eight hardcover and softcover titles by various authors including: The Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets Navajo Textiles Walk in Beauty: The Navajo and their Blankets (Two copies) Navajo Pictorial Weaving 1880-1950 The Navajo Weaving Tradition The Navajo Blanket The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving Navajo Pictorial Weaving So You Want to Buy a Navajo Rug? Weaving of the Southwest Historic Navajo Weaving: 1880-1900, Three Cultures-One Loom Southwestern Weaving Aymara Weavings from Highland Bolivia The Alfred I. Barton Collection of Southwestern Textiles Pueblo Weaving and Textile Arts Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of Change Pueblo Indian Textiles: A Living Tradition Weaving the Dance: Navajo Yeibichai textiles (1910-1950) Indian Blankets and Their Makers Shared Horizons: Navajo Textiles Collecting the Navajo Child's Blanket Spanish-American Blanketry Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians: 1600-1880 American Indian Basketry of Northern California American Indian Basketry of Central California Rods, Bundles and Stitches Illustrated History of Indian Baskets and Plates made by California Indians and Many Other Tribes California Indian Basketry: An Artistic Overview American Indian And Eskimo Basketry Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics The Chilkat Dancing Blanket Indian Arts in Canada The Green Collection of American Indian Art: Parke-Bernet Galleries The George G. Frelinghuysen Collection of American Indian Art: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, Sunday June 6, 1976 38 pieces
THREE ITEMS: ORIGINALLY FROM DANIEL BURNS DYER, U.S. INDIAN AGENT: PRESENTATION CANE "1885", VEST WITH TAG (LATE 19TH CENTURY), BASKETRY HAT (LATE 19TH CENTURY). 1) Public figures, Indian and non-Indian alike, received special recognition presentation pcs of various types such as this extremely significant cane personalized for conferral to Daniel Burns Dyer, Indian agent to the Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho tribes. In the latter part of the 19th C, canes served as part of the "gentleman’s" personal accoutrements, functioning as a sort of "swagger stick". Cast brass Plains male Indian head surmounts Dyer’s cane, below which an elephant ivory collar engraved, CHEYENNE ARAPAHO D. B. DYER U.S. INDIAN AGENT 1885, is bordered by an elaborately pierced and stamped brass collar above the cane body of exotic wood. Base pin with brass collar is present. Size: 38-1/2" long. Dyer became an Indian agent in 1880 and for approximately five years served his post during which time he made friends with Buffalo Bill Cody. He also became a collector of Indian, Philipino and Mexican artifacts and in 1904, gave his collection to the city of Kansas. They had been displayed in the 1893 World's Fair and his vast collection eventually in 1940 was transferred to the Kansas City Museum. CONDITION: General overall scratches and nicks from use especially toward bottom. Two chips along top margin of ivory collar. Brass parts patinated. 2) Commercial cloth vest decorated with three types of cowrie shells attached with commercial cotton cordage in the Plains Indian style and leather epaulettes each beaded with a "cross" motif. Orig handwritten tag, "Cheyenne DDD Arapahoe Agency, D. B. Dyer, U.S. Indian agent, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency I.T". On reverse of tag, "24. Coat made by Princess Mary, sister of Capt Jack, chief of Modocs & Executed by the U.S. after Lava Bed War". Size: 26" long x 19" wide. CONDITION: Seven shells missing, front of vest sun faded and somewhat blotchy, 4 inch tear near buttons closed with orig stitching; tears in thin back, & whitish stain. 3) Basketry Hat: probably Karuk (Northern California). According to the owner this hat is "attributed to Princess Mary". Driebe 1997, pg 319. Prevalent use of woodwardia, especially as a negative background in basketry, is particularly characteristic of this tribe. Light color material throughout is bear grass. Triangular motif repeated along the main decorative band is generally known as rattlesnake’s nose. Hats of this type are commonly worn by the women of Northern CA. tribes. Size: 7-1/2" diameter x 3-1/2" depth. CONDITION: Significant overall native use wear, particularly of the woodwardia sections. 4-55234 (4,000-5,000)
(20) SMALL BOOKS/BROCHURES ON NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE AND RELICS Including: "The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore by Julian H. Salomon, 1928; "The Oglala Sioux" by Robert H. Ruby, first edition, author signed, 1955; "Buckskin and Buffalo: The Artistry of the Plains Indians" by Colin F. Taylor, 1998; "The book of American Indians" by Ralph B. Raphael, 1959, damaged covers; "The Complete How-to Book of Indiancraft" by W. Ben Hunt, 1973; "Classification and Nomenclature of Beads and Pendants" by Horace C. Beck, 1981; "American Indian Beadwork" by W. Ben Hunts and J.F. 'Buck' Burshears, 1996; "Dictionary of Prehistoric Indian Artifacts of the American Southwest" by Franklin Barnett, 1991; "Indians of North America: The Cheyenne" by Stan Hoig, 1989; "Apsaalooke: Art and Tradition", undated; "Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux" by Carrie A. Lyford, 1992; "Crow Indian Beadwork: A Descriptive and Historical Study" by William Windschut & John C. Ewers, 1985; "The Flat Bow" by Hunt & Metz, 1940; "Step-by-Step Brain Tanning the Sioux Way" by Larry Belitz, 1981; "Tomahawks Illustrated" by Robert Knock, 1977; "Four Days in a Medicine Lodge" by Walter McClintock, reprint of 1900 original brochure; "The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plans" by E. Adamson Hoebel, 1960; "Blackfeet Crafts" by Ewers, undated; "Plains Indian Beadwork, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1977; Matthew Chase catalog. Mostly very good condition.
AMERICAN INDIAN ART 15PC MAGAZINE AND BOOK GROUP: 10 1/2"H X 8 1/2"W X 7/8"D (ALASKA NATIVE ART)American Indian art 15pc magazine and book group:, Sacred Circles, North American Showing, 1977; Antiques & Fine Art magazine, Feb. 1989; Style 1900 magazine, winter/spring 2004; Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art auction catalogue, May 17 & 18, 2000; Christie's New York American Indian Art auction catalogue, Wednesday, June 5, 1996; Warman's North American Indian Artifacts Identification & Price Guide, Russell E. Lewis, 2006; American Indian Art magazine, spring 2009; American Indian Art magazine, Autumn 2010; American Indian Art magazine, summer 2005; By Native Hands: Woven Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 2005; Western Art & Architecture magazine, fall/winter 2009; Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery, Rick Dillingham, 1995; Indian Baskets, Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh & William A. Turnbaugh, 2004; Navajo Rugs, Don Dedera,1990; Alaska Native Art, Susan W. Fair, 2006. Dimensions: 10 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W x 7/8"D (Alaska Native Art)
Edward Curtis, Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Northwest): Edward S. Curtis. (1868 - 1952)Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Northwest). Whaling Floats, 1915. silver gelatin print. Negative Date: 1915. Print Date: ca. 1915. Clayoquot, Northwest. This is an untoned print on double-weight, matte surface silver gelatin paper. 5 15/16 x 8 in. (15. 08 x 20. 32 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 11, Facing page 26. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 11, Facing page 26. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 11, Facing page 26. . Cooking Whale Blubber, 1915. silver gelatin print - untoned. Negative Date: 1915. Print Date: ca. 1915. Clayoquot, Northwest. This is an untoned print on double-weight, matte surface silver gelatin paper. 5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (15. 08 x 20 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999. Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 11, Facing page 40. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 11, Facing page 40. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 11 Facing page 40. A Partially Cut Up Whale, 1915. silver gelatin print - untoned. Negative Date: 1915. Print Date: ca. 1915. Hesquiat, Northwest. This is an untoned print on double-weight, matte surface silver gelatin paper. 5 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (14. 92 x 20. 16 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 11, Facing page 36. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 11, Facing page 36. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 11 Facing page 36 Condition These prints are in excellent condition overall. A formal, detailed condition report is available upon request. . The condition reports for the lots offered by Santa Fe Art Auction (SFAA) are provided as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers. The reports are not intended to nor do they substitute for physical examination by a buyer or the buyer's advisors. The condition reports are prepared by SFAA staff members who are not art conservators or restorers, nor do they possess the qualifications needed for comprehensive evaluation. Each condition report is an opinion of the staff member and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply anything as to the condition of a particular lot. Buyers are reminded that the limited warranties are set forth in the Terms and Conditions of Sale and do not extend to condition. Each lot is sold as-is.
1929 Indian-Crocker 45ci Overhead-Valve ConversionEngine no. GBOHV05
Created by master bike-builder Gwen Banquer, this motorcycle is an Indian 101 Scout fitted with a copy of Al Crocker’s famous overhead-valve conversion kit. It is the last one made of a limited series of only seven such machines, the construction of which commenced circa 1995/96.
A legend among American motorcycles, the Crocker has assumed almost mythic status since the last one left the Los Angeles factory sixty-five years ago. Only 60-or-so twin-cylinder Crocker street bikes were ever made, each one unique, and today these hand-built masterpieces are among the most collectible motorcycles of all time.
A successful enduro racer on Thor motorcycles, Albert G Crocker took over the Denver Indian agency in 1913. He moved on to manage the Indian branch office in Kansas City before finally settling in Los Angeles, California in 1928 as agent for the Springfield manufacturer. Aided by gifted engineer Paul ‘P A’ Bigsby, Al Crocker moved into motorcycle manufacture in stages, starting out in 1931 making speedway frames to accept the 45ci (750cc) Indian Scout v-twin engine. An overhead-valve conversion kit for the Scout soon followed, but after more than a year of competition, during which the v-twin speedway racer achieved a measure of success, Crocker was forced to recognised that a single-cylinder engine made more sense for dirt use. After 40-50 single-cylinder speedway Crockers had been built, the project was abandoned and Al Crocker moved onto fulfil another of his ambitions: the construction of a class-leading roadster.
In keeping with the mainstream American tradition, this new model had to be a v-twin, and Crocker’s effort—powered by a 45-degree unit displacing 61ci (1,000cc)—was duly presented to the motorcycling public early in 1936. At the time of its introduction, the Crocker was the only American street twin with overhead valves, although unbeknown to Al Crocker the ohv Harley-Davidson ‘Knucklehead’ was only a few months from production.
Unlike George Brough in England, who relied on proprietary components, albeit of the highest quality, to produce his Brough Superiors, Crocker built almost everything in house, including carburetors, with only items such as magnetos, spark plugs, wheel rims, tires and other accessories being bought in. But unlike George Brough, who had few serious rivals and whose exclusive products commanded a commensurately inflated price, Al Crocker was forced to compete with the much larger Harley-Davidson and Indian. The result was a crippling loss on every machine sold. Al Crocker’s last throw of the dice was the ‘Scootabout’, a stylish motor scooter, around 100-or-so of which were sold before Crocker finally pulled the plug on motorcycle production in 1941. The Crocker star might have burned but briefly, but during the late 1930s it was by far the brightest in the American motorcycling universe.
Crocker’s overhead-valve conversion kit for the 101 Scout started out as an all-cast iron affair before the second series switched to aluminium-alloy for the cylinder heads. Surviving original kits are exceptionally rare, so Gwen Banquer was especially fortunate to acquire (on loan) an original un-machined set of the later alloy/iron type, from which casting patterns were made. It should be noted that, although of ‘stock’ appearance, the Banquer heads have more ‘meat’ in the valve seat area to prevent cracking. Most of the rest of this machine—frame, forks, crankcases, transmission, magneto, hubs, brakes and fenders—is genuine c.1929 Indian 101 Scout. The frame has been altered to accommodate the taller overhead-valve engine, enabling removal of the ’heads with the motor in situ, and the fenders cut down, while the gas tank is a reproduction Junior Scout item. Important upgrades include a stronger engine bottom-end incorporating S&S flywheels and H-D Sportster con-rods, Hepolite pistons, and a recirculating oil system, the latter achieved using the later Scout/Chief-type oil pump. Other noteworthy features include modified Indian ‘military’ handlebars, rotating-magnet generator and a hand-made exhaust system.
Gwen Banquer’s Indian-Crocker OHVs have been featured in magazines the world over and also in John Carroll’s book, Classic American Motorcycles. This example, fitted with engine number ‘GBOHV05’, was sold new by Gwen Banquer to Eric Engler of Velocity Vintage and bought by the second and current owner in February 2006. Of the seven built, this is the only one ever to be offered for public sale. The machine is offered with Certificate of Title and photographs of the build process, while Gwen Banquer advises us that he is prepared to assist its next owner with maintenance and any future restoration.
[American Indian - Plains] Books on the Cheyenne and Blackfoot lot of 12 books including:Ewers John C. The Story of the Blackfeet. Department of the Interior 1952.Ewers John C. Murals in the Round: Painted Tipis of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indians. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1978.Haines Francis. The Plains Indians: Their Origins Migrations and Cultural Development. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1976.Hoebel E. Adamson. The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1960.Hungry Wolf Beverly. The Ways of My Grandmothers. New York: William Morrow and Company Inc. 1980.Grinnell George Bird. Blackfoot Lodge Tails. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1962.Linderman Frank Bird. Out of the North: A Brief Historical Sketch of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe. St. Paul: Great Northern Railway Co. 1947.Lowie Robert H. Indians of the Plains. Garden City: Natural History Press 1954.Parsons Elsie Clews (ed.) American Indian Life. New York: Crown Publishers Inc. 1983.Rachlis Eugene. Indians of the Great Plains. New York: Harper and Row 1960.Sandoz Mari. Cheyenne Autumn. New York: McGraw-Hill Company Inc. 1953. Stands in Timber John and Margot Liberty. Cheyenne Memories. New Haven: Yale University Press 1967.
2004 Indian 100ci ChiefFrame no. 5CONNCAJ33G009438Engine no. 130802
Following the demise of the original Indian company in 1953, there were sporadic attempts to revive what had been one of America’s foremost motorcycle marques. Royal Enfields were badged as Indians for sale in the USA up to 1959 and there was a succession of mini-bikes and ultra lightweights in the late 1960s/early 1970s, but undeniably the most stylish and worthy effort was Floyd Clymer’s Italian-framed, Velocette-engined Indian of 1969. The original company had been split in the early 1950s, resulting in a legal tangle that frustrated efforts to revive production and would not be resolved until 1999 with the formation of the Indian Motorcycle Corporation. The latter resumed production with, naturally enough, a v-twin, though in order to meet modern-day power and emissions requirements an overhead-valve engine was used instead Indian’s traditional ‘flat-head’ motor. The new Chief’s air-cooled power unit displaced 87.99ci (1,442cc) and produced 75bhp at 5,200rpm. There was a five-speed transmission, belt final drive and disc brakes on both wheels. While the engineering was up-to-the-minute, the styling was unashamedly ‘retro’, the distinctive gas tank and ‘Art Deco’ fenders recalling the classic Indian models of the 1940s. Sadly, although the bikes were good, the company’s financial foundations were less secure and production ceased in 2003 after only 40 examples of the 2004 model had been built.
This particular Chief was used in the development of the T3 Limited Edition model that was released to celebrate Indian’s involvement with the 2003 motion picture, Terminator III: The Rise of the Machines, in which Chiefs featured as police motorcycles. (Artisan Entertainment, owner of the Terminator series rights, was at that time owned by the same company that owned Indian Motorcycles, hence the tie-up). The Indian Motorcycle Corporation gave the bike, which is unregistered, to Mike Corbin in 2004. It has the later 100ci (1,638cc) Powerplus ‘bottle cap’ engine (so called because of its serrated rocker boxes), reported to be the second of its type manufactured. Sold on a Bill of Sale.
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98.5 point Davenport judged1947 Indian 74ci ChiefFrame no. 3473211Engine no. CDG3211
In 1916 Indian introduced a new 61ci (1,000cc) ‘flat head’ v-twin - the Powerplus - to replace the original ‘F-head’ type that had been around since 1907. A smaller model, the 37ci (600cc) Scout, joined the Powerplus in 1920 and then two years later the range was extended to encompass a new, Scout-based 61ci model - the Chief - the first of a famous line that would endure until 1953.
Constantly developed, the Chief had gained a new frame and forks, dry-sump lubrication and coil ignition by 1940, that year’s models being notable as the first to have plunger rear suspension and the deeply valanced fenders of the quintessential Chief. With war looming, Indian increasingly turned to the production of military models, the Army version of the Chief emerging stripped of its valanced mudguards and chromework and finished in drab olive green. Indian’s first significant post-war development was a change to girder forks for the 74ci (1,200cc) Chief, by then Indian’s only model. In 1950 the Chief’s engine was stretched to 80ci (1,320cc) and a telescopic front fork and right-hand throttle twist-grip adopted, the latter for the first time on a production Indian.
The machine offered here is a superlative example of the ‘skirted fender’ Chief, considered by many aficionados of the Springfield marque to be its ultimate expression. Restored to concours standard in 2006 by award-winning Indian motorcycle restorer, Jim Crocker, this Chief scored 98½ points at Davenport, subsequently corrected to 99+. A lot of ’47 Indian Chiefs come to market, but few, if any, can approach the quality of this truly wonderful ‘Best of the Best’ example.
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1928 Indian 101 Scout Engine no. DGP477
In 1923 Indian rolled out its 250,000th motorcycle, and in the same year debuted the Scout in 600cc displacement (and later in 750cc). The Scout earned and kept the reputation as the best handling racing Indian and when stroked using Chief flywheels was a potent competitor. It also did well on the street and in the showroom, a major hit for Indian.
The new for 1928 Scout "101" won top acclaim from riders as it had benefited from Indian engineer Charles Franklin’s previous Scout racing experience. This new iteration had three inches more wheelbase and a fork with increased rake and trail plus the seat height was some two inches lower than the original Scout not the mention the appearance for the first time of a front brake.
This story of this particular 1928 101 Scout begins in the year 1954 when vintage bike enthusiast and restorer Woodrow Carson received a special Christmas present from his wife and kids. While better than a tie or a purple sweater, it came without gift wrapping. In fact it came as a "basketcase," i.e. a collection of unconnected parts that had once been a 1928 Indian twin cylinder 101 Scout. Woodrow was pleased as punch and set about restoring the machine to its previous glory and then to enjoy it as his "rider." Woodrow’s Indian is still running strong now in its 80th year.
Delving back more than half a century we learn that during the rebuild of the bike Woodrow went looking for the correct red paint. He contacted the Indian dealer in Rockford, Illinois as he had heard that the fellow had utilized Coca Cola red to match the color when he had run out of "Springfield" red. When Woodrow found out neither pigments were available he resolved the problem was walking to the nearby Harley-Davidson dealer and buying some Milwaukee "Persian Red" instead. This bike seen here still wears that original paint. And it also carries the special glow of a much loved and well ridden machine ready to carry on that tradition as one of the most popular motorcycles ever built. Accompanying the machine is a batch of 101 Scout organization magazines, a repair and parts manual as well as a service manual.
Indian Tribes North American Mckenney & Hall 1838: This is an original first edition hard bound large folio book by Thomas L. McKenney (American, 1785-1859) and James Hall (American, 1793-1868) titled, "History of the Indian Tribes of North America believed to be published by Greenough and Rica & Clark, Philadelphia, 1838. The piece contains twelve hand colored etching illustrations of Native American Indians, Indian Tribes of North America map 1833, along with 17 pages of hand signed subscribers. The book is bound in a leather hard binding titled, "Indian Tribes of North America" in gilt lettering on the front and measuring 15 inches by 20 3/4 inches. The original title page appears to be missing and the first marked page is titled, "An Essay on the History of the North American Indians by James Hall" (starting at page 45). The entire book includes a total of approximately 160 to 175 pages (not included the tissue pages) and Part 1, 3, 4, of the Essays of Indians, Foke Luste Hajo, John Ridge, Chippeway Widow, Micanopy, Selocta, Kaipolequa, and The Genuineness of the Portrait of Pocahontas. The book includes a total of 12 hand colored etching illustrations such as Mon-Chonsia Kansas Chief, Jtcho-Tustinnuggee, David Vann a Cherokee Chief, Julcee-Mathla a Seminole Chief, Kee-She-Waa a Fox Warrior, Foke-Luste-Hajo a Seminole, John Ridge a Cherokee, A-Chippeway-Widow, Micanopy a Seminole Chief, Se-Loc-Ta a Creek Chief, O-Hya-Wa-Mince-Kee a Chippewa Chief, Apauly-Tustennuggee. The illustrations are mostly marked, “Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philad. , Drawn, Printed & Col. At the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishmen, 94 Walnut St. Phila. , Entered according to act of Congress in the Year of 1842 by James G. Clark in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pa. ” Provenance: From the renowned Sundog Fine Art Bozeman, Montana collection and collected by Bruce VanLandingham. Bruce VanLandingham was a pillar in the American Indian collecting community and a respected expert. Along with being an avid collector Bruce also was the sole owner of Sundog Fine Art in Bozeman which was both part museum and gallery. The books shows much signs of use with missing and torn pages, but overall is considered to be one of the most important and historic books ever published on the American Indian with examples being sold at auction for as much as $97, 000. Condition For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer’s responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.
[American Indian - History] Books on Indian - White Relations lot of 15 books including:Armstrong Virginia Irving. I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians. Chicago: Swallow Press Inc. 1971.Burnette Robert. The Tortured Americans. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1971.Gearing Frederick O. The Face of the Fox: A Book about American Indians White Men the Cultural Traditions that Separate them and What Can Be Done About their Estrangement. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company 1970.Jacobs Wilbur R. Dispossessing the American Indian. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1972.Josephy Jr. Alvin M. Red Poser: The American Indian's Fight for Freedom. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1971.Kelly Lawrence C. The Navajo Indians and Federal Indian Policy 1900-1935. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1970.Levine Stuart and Nancy O. Lurie (eds.) The American Indian Today. Baltimore: Penguin Books Inc. 1968.Manuel George and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. New York: Free Press 1974.McNickle D'arcy. Native American Tribalism: Indian Survivals and Renewals. London: Oxford University Press 1973.Nabokov Peter. Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present 1492-1992. New York: Viking Penguin 1991.Prucha Francis Paul. The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. Berkeley: University of California Press 1985.Schusky E. The Right to be Indian. San Francisco: American Indian Educational Publishers 1977.Vogel Virgil J. This Country was Ours: A Documentary History of the American Indian. New York: Harper and Row 1972.Wax Murray L. Indian Americans: Unity and Diversity. Englewood: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1971.Wise Jennings C. The Red Man in the New World Drama. New York: Macmillian Company 1971.
Edward Curtis, Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Portraits of Women): Edward S. Curtis. (1868 - 1952)Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Portraits of Women). Primitive Style of Hair-Dressing - Walpi (Crop Variant), 1921. silver gelatin print - untoned. Negative Date: 1921. Print Date: ca. 1921. Walpi, Southwest. This is an untoned print on single-weight, luster surface silver gelatin paper, dry-mounted to contemporary board. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (13. 34 x 8. 26 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Portfolio 12, Plate 423. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 423. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 423. . A Maidu Woman, 1924. silver gelatin print - untoned. Negative Date: 1924. Print Date: ca. 1924. Maidu, California. This is an untoned print on double-weight, glossy surface silver gelatin paper. 8 x 5 7/8 in. (20. 32 x 14. 92 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 2018. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 14, Facing page 112. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 14, Facing page 112. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 14, Facing page 112. A Coast Pomo Girl, 1924. silver gelatin print - untoned. Negative Date: 1924. Print Date: ca. 1924. Pomo, Northwest. This is an untoned print on double-weight, luster surface silver gelatin paper. 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20. 64 x 15. 56 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo 100th Anniversary Collection, 2005. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Portfolio 14, Plate 486. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Portfolio Volume 4, Plate 486. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 486 Condition This print is in good condition overall. A formal, detailed condition report is available upon request. . The condition reports for the lots offered by Santa Fe Art Auction (SFAA) are provided as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers. The reports are not intended to nor do they substitute for physical examination by a buyer or the buyer's advisors. The condition reports are prepared by SFAA staff members who are not art conservators or restorers, nor do they possess the qualifications needed for comprehensive evaluation. Each condition report is an opinion of the staff member and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply anything as to the condition of a particular lot. Buyers are reminded that the limited warranties are set forth in the Terms and Conditions of Sale and do not extend to condition. Each lot is sold as-is.
Edward Curtis, Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Walpi): Edward S. Curtis. (1868 - 1952)Group of Three Silver Gelatin Prints (Walpi). Depositing Snakes in the Circle of Meal, 1906. silver gelatin print - untoned. In negative at lower left on print recto: X2002-06. Negative Date: 1906. Print Date: ca. 1906. Walpi, Southwest. This is an untoned print on single-weight, luster surface silver gelatin paper. 6 1/8 x 8 in. (15. 56 x 20. 32 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo 100th Anniversary Collection, 2005. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 12, Facing page 150. Native Nations, Bulfinch Press, 1993, Page 129. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 12, Facing page 150. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 12 Facing page 150. . Entering the Spring, Walpi Flute Dance, 1907. silver gelatin print - untoned. In negative at lower left on print recto: X2026-07 (06 has been written over in pen). Negative Date: 1907. Print Date: ca. 1907. Walpi, Southwest. This is an untoned print on single-weight, luster surface silver gelatin paper. 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (15. 56 x 20. 64 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Volume 12, Facing page 170. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Volume 12, Facing page 170. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Volume 12 Facing page 170. . Flute Dancers at Tureva Spring - Walpi, 1904. silver gelatin print - untoned. In negative at lower left on print recto: X11704. Negative Date: 1904. Print Date: ca. 1904. Walpi, Southwest. This is an untoned print on double-weight, luster surface silver gelatin paper. 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (15. 56 x 20. 64 cm. ). . Provenance:. Edward Curtis Studio, Seattle. Private Collection(s). The Christopher G. Cardozo 100th Anniversary Collection, 2005. . Publication History - Image:. The North American Indian (1907-1930), Portfolio 12, Plate 431. The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 431. The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 431 Condition These prints are in very good condition overall. There are very minor condition issues as is typical of silver prints from the turn of the last century. A formal, detailed condition report is available upon request. . The condition reports for the lots offered by Santa Fe Art Auction (SFAA) are provided as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers. The reports are not intended to nor do they substitute for physical examination by a buyer or the buyer's advisors. The condition reports are prepared by SFAA staff members who are not art conservators or restorers, nor do they possess the qualifications needed for comprehensive evaluation. Each condition report is an opinion of the staff member and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply anything as to the condition of a particular lot. Buyers are reminded that the limited warranties are set forth in the Terms and Conditions of Sale and do not extend to condition. Each lot is sold as-is.
CIVIL WAR AND INDIAN WARS.
ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL FROM CAPTAIN OF 6TH CALIFORNIA INFANTRY.
Collection of military papers of Capt. Duane M. Greene, Company E, 6th California Volunteers, stationed at Fort Gaston in present day Humboldt County, battling hostile Indians in the area during the spring and summer of 1864. Four of Greene's reports are published in the official Civil War Records, and this archive contains several of his drafts and manuscript notes used to produce those reports, including:
1. Autograph Manuscript of Duane Greene, 8 pp recto and verso, in pencil, 4to, on trek between Fort Gaston and the Klamath river, March 8 to 15, 1864, draft of report submitted after the week's expedition including a day-by-day breakdown of events, incomplete, leaves creased and soiled. With 4 pp incomplete copy of report in Greene's hand, and 8 pp complete copy of report in secretarial hand, both in fine condition. Present also are 3 leaves of manuscript diary notes taken during the trek, in an unknown hand.
From March 15, Greene writes: " met an Indian whose right hand was bleeding profusely, and on examination I found it was a rifle shot wound. I asked him how he got hurt, and said it was by the accidental discharge of his piece. He said he belonged to Lieut Middleton's party which he said was within half a mile of me, returning to Fort Gaston. Suspecting that he belonged to the band reported opposing Middleton, and endeavouring to escape, I made prisoner of him and proceeded about half a mile and met Middleton who said the Indian's story was correct."
2. Autograph Manuscript, 4 pp recto and verso, legal folio (conjoining leaves), Camp Iaqua, May 1, 1864, being a report of skirmishes with hostile Indians in the area, with a 7 pp official copy of report in secretarial hand.
With additional manuscript notes and loose journal entries by Greene and others documenting the events of the spring and summer of 1864, plus related military documents including a manuscript copy of Special Orders #2, March 14, 1864, by order of Colonel Black: "All Indians 'bucks' captured in open hostility will be hung and none will be shot after capture. Women and children will always be spared...."; and 2 ALSs of Thomas Knight, 3 pp recto and verso, 4to, Fort Gaston, March 8 and 10, 1864, containing orders for Greene's expedition in pursuit of Indians (leaving on March 8) and notice of receipt of Greene's first report.
Greene's son (?) 2nd Lt Duane M. Greene, served as an adjutant in Kansas and the Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars, and this lot also features a collection of Special Orders, 1872-1877, written from Fort Hays, Fort Riley, KS and Camp Bowie, Camp Lowell, and Yuma Station, A.T.
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[American Indian - History] Books on Current Native Education and Culture lot of 9 books including:Anderson Kenneth E. E. Gordon Collister and Carl E. Ladd. The Educational Achievement of Indian Children. Washington D.C.: Bureau of Indian Affairs 1953.Armstrong Virginia Irving. I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the American Indian. New York: Pocket Books 1972.Benedict Ruth. Patterns of Culture. New York: Mentor Books 1948.Boaz Franz and J.W. Powell. American Indian Languages. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1966.Coles Robert. Eskimos Chicanos Indians: Volume IV of Children in Crisis. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1978.Costo Rubert (ed.) Textbooks and the American Indian. Indian Historian Press Inc. 1970.Fey Harold E. and D'Arcy McNickle. Indians and Other Americans: Two Ways of Life Meet. New York: Harper and Row 1970.Highwater Jamake. The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America. New York: Meridian Book 1982.Peterson Shailer. How Well are Indian Children Educated?. Washington D.C.: United States Indian Service 1948.
1940 Indian FourEngine no. 44053
Marketed as the Indian Ace for 1928, the Springfield company’s first four-cylinder motorcycle had resulted from its purchase of Ace rights and tooling from Detroit Motors the previous year. The Ace company, although bankrupted twice, had developed a fundamentally sound four-cylinder motorcycle based on William Henderson’s original design, and this provided Indian with an opportunity to offer an in-line ‘four’ with minimal development costs. The model changed little for the next couple of years, before Indian began to put its own characteristic stamp on the Four, beginning in 1929 with a re-style and following up with a new five-main-bearing engine for 1930. Following the debacle of the ‘upside-down’ Four, Indian reverted to the tried-and-tested ‘F-head’ (inlet over exhaust) arrangement, adding aluminum cylinder heads and fully enclosed valvegear to the specification. Changes after 1938 were few. Production of the Indian Four, America’s last four-cylinder motorcycle, ceased in 1942. No sales literature was distributed for the 1942 season - this would normally have been done the preceding fall - probably because the defense build-up prior to the United States’ entry into World War II was already causing manufacturers to focus their attention elsewhere.
One of the world’s most beautiful and collectible motorcycles, this Indian Four was bought by Mike Corbin from master restorer Pete Bollenbach, of Illinois in 1993 and restored by Bollenbach Engineering over the course of the next few years. On completion, the machine featured in Indian Illustrated magazine’s Autumn 1996 and Winter 1997 editions and was cover bike in the latter (copies available). Presented in near-perfect condition, having covered a mere 129 miles subsequent to restoration, it is offered with restoration contracts, invoices and photographs; condition report; parts list; and Pennsylvania Certificate of Title.
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1970 Indian 499cc Velo ThruxtonFrame no. VMT-901CEngine no. VMT 901C
The Indian company had kept itself afloat after the demise of its traditional v-twin Chief - and the ill-fated parallel-twin models – in 1953 by distributing first Matchless and then Royal Enfield motorcycles in the USA, the Enfields being badged as Indians. When the Royal Enfield deal ended the firm went back to distributing Matchless, whose parent company Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) had bought the rights to the Indian name in 1960. When the Berliner Corporation took over AMC distribution in the USA in 1963, the once-great name of Indian vanished. Fast forward a few years and we find Floyd Clymer, publisher of Cycle magazine and an ex-Indian dealer, attempting to revive it in collaboration with Friedl Munch in Germany. Plans to introduce a Munch-framed Sport Scout came to nought, but under Clymer’s auspices the Indian name did appear on several other (mainly Royal Enfield-engined) prototypes, a range of two-stroke mini-bikes and the model for which his association with the Springfield marque is best remembered: the Indian Velo. Clymer updated the Velocette single in a manner that its creators should have done a decade previously - when the firm folded in 1971 its frames were still being brazed together like they had been in 1914 - using a chassis built by Leopoldo Tartarini’s Italjet company and Italian cycle parts. Launched in 1969, Clymer’s Anglo-Italian hybrid used the 499cc Venom engine in both stock and high-performance Thruxton configurations, but although the model was undeniably stylish it arrived too late to save either Indian or Velocette, and when Clymer died in 1970 the project died with him. Estimates of the number of machines produced range from 100 to 150.
The rare machine we offer is one of only 46 Thruxton-specification Indian Velos produced and is the 12th from last one made. Presented in good original condition, it is offered with Ohio Certificate of Title.
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Carlisle Indian School ephemera and photograph from the the Fifth Annual Society of the Conference of American Indians. Brass button from a Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform, 7/8 in., featuring the image of a farmer and plow encircled by the words "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves," ca late 19th century. -- 4 postcards, 2 postmarked 1906 and 2 undated, featuring buildings on the Carlisle campus in Carlisle, PA, and one with the images of players on the 1904 Carlisle Indians football team which went 10-2 including a win over Ohio State. -- Two letters ca 1977 related to Dr. Stuart W. Adler of Albuquerque, NM, and his identification of the whereabouts of educator and storyteller Susie Rayos Marmon (1877-1988), an American Indian woman born in Paguate, New Mexico, a village of the Laguna Pueblo. Marmon graduated from Carlisle Indian School in 1903 and later completed teacher training at Bloomsburg State Normal School. She is believed to be the first Laguna woman to graduate from a white college. With a newspaper clipping from the Bloomsburg State College alumni newspaper featuring a story about Marmon.[With:] Squires, [?], photographer. Fifth Annual Conference of the Society of American Indians. Lawrence, Kansas: 28 September - 3 October 1915. 22 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. framed albumen photograph (exact image size unknown as there are losses to both sides of image, dampstain bottom right, unexamined outside of frame). The Society of American Indians (1911-1923) was the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians. The 1915 conference was notable because the Society formally approved a plan for the establishment of an "American Indian Day." -- 2 additional photographs, one of an unidentified group of 8 men and women possibly after a marriage ceremony and another of a large group of men, women, and children.
NATIVE AMERICAN/WESTERN U.S. EXPEDITION EPHEMERA1st item: "Map Showing the Location of the Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States and Territories" compiled from the Official and other Authentic Sources, under the Direction of the Honorable John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. William H. Rowe, Draughtsman, photo lithographed with printed color by Norris Peters, published by Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1888. Issued with the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior. Map depicting the United States, detailing the locations in color of Native American reservations such as the "Indian Territory" of the Cherokee, Creek, Chotaw, etc. in what would become the state of Oklahoma. Includes inset maps of "Indian Territory" lower center, "Mission Ind. Res. in California" and "Alaska", lower left. Title and scale of statue miles, lower right, references, left center. "West from Greenwich", centered above map, "West from Washington", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Image - 20 3/4" H x 32 3/4" W. Sheet - 22 1/2" H x 34" W. 2nd item: "U. States Indian Frontier in 1840" Map, by George Catlin, lithographed with printed color by Tosswill and Company, published for the Domestic Committee of the Board of Missions by Daniel Dana, Jr., New York, 1844. From "Journal of a Tour in the "Indian Territory"." by Nathaniel Sayre Harris; Episcopal Church . Board of Missions. Domestic Committee. Map depicting the locations in color of the Native American tribes that had been moved west of the Mississippi River as of 1840 including the Sacs and Foxes, Kickapoo, Delawares, etc., and the surrounding states. Uncolored territories of the Chippeways, Sioux, Crows, etc., Texas and Mexico surround colored areas. Map surrounded by notations and line border. Image - 8 1/2" H x 5 1/8" W. Sheet - 9 3/4" H x 6" W. 3rd-29th items: 27 lithographs, most with hand coloring, from the "Report of the United States Pacific Railroad Expedition and Surveys (USPRR) CAL (Senate Document: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean)", circa 1855. The prints feature scenic views from the American West including "The Great Basin from the Canada de Las Uvas with Lost Mountains in the Distance", drawn by Charles Koppel, lithographed by August Hoen and Company, Baltimore, images of Native Americans such as "Distribution of Goods to the Assiniboines", drawn by John M. Stanley, lithographed by Sarony, Major and Knapp, New York, and U.S. Military bases including "U. S. Military Post Benicia". "Near Mouse River" print housed in plastic sleeve. Images approximately - 6 1/8" H x 9 1/4" W. Sheets approximately - 8 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. 30th-34th items: 4 tinted lithographs from "Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers", by Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Corps of Topographical Engineers, circa 1854. Titles include "Zuni Indian [Buffalo Dance]" and "Canon Peak from Camp 7", both drawn by Richard H. Kern, lithographed by the Ackerman Firm, New York, "View Near Gypsum Bluffs on Red-River" and "Mount Webster", both lithographed by Henry Lawrence, New York. Images approximately - 3 7/8" H x 7" W. Sheets approximately - 5 7/8" H x 8 3/4" W. 35th-38th items: 3 tinted lithographs from United States Geological Surveys (USGS), including "Mt. Agassiz - Unita Range - Utah" and "Eocene Bluffs -Green River - Wyoming" from the "Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel", circa 1870-1880, and "Bullion Ravine Looking East. Diorite. Mt. Kate in the Middle Distance" from "Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, with Atlas, USGS Monograph", by G. F. Becker, 1882. Images approximately - 9" H x 6 1/4" W. Sheets approximately - 12" H x 9 1/4" W. 39th-46th items: Assorted grouping of Native American colored lithographs, including "Hos-ta, (The Lightning.) Governor of the Pueblo of Jemez. Aug. 20", illustrated for United States Executive Documents. 31rst Cong., 1st sess., 1849-1850, drawn by Richard H. Kern, lithographed by Peter S. Duval, Philadelphia, circa 1894, "PL. CXVII" from the Bureau of Ethnology Eigth Annual Report, 1892, "Sioux War Shirt, Apache Caps, Pouches, Moccasins, Totems, &c." with "Description and Explanation of Plate II" text page, published by A. D. Worthington and Company, Hartford, "Lamina XCIII T. IX. 24. Tejidos.", and "91", "286", and "291", by George Caitlin. "Hosta" housed in plastic sleeve. "PL. CXVIII" mounted to matte. Images range in size from 6 3/4" H x 4" W to 5 1/2" H x 8" W. Sheets range in size from 8 7/8" H x 5 3/8" W to 7 1/2" H x 11 1/8" W. All items mid/late 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
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1st item: Toning impressions from colored areas on surface of map. Minute black scuffs along lower right paper crease. 15" section of left edge of map cut away, paper tears, top left edge of sheet. Toning impressions visible en verso. 2nd item: Minute toning spots across top of sheet. Toning spots visible en verso. 3rd-29th items: Light overall toning, foxing spots, and water damage. Several sheets with rough edges from book removal. Two pieces of white tape, top left and right of "Butte de Morale" print. 30th-34th items: Light overall toning and foxing spots. "Canon Peak" with rough top edge from book removal. "Zuni Indian" with piece of scotch tape, top left corner, and paper tear, top right corner. 35th-38th items: Light overall toning. 39th-46th items: Light overall toning. Foxing spots, largest 1/4", top left of "298".
Edward Curtis, The North American Indian Volume VI, 1911: Edward S. Curtis. (1868 - 1952). The North American Indian Volume VI, 1911. Individual volume on Japanese Vellum etching stock. Piegan, Cheyenne, Arapaho. . The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volume VI. Written, Illustrated and Published by Edward S. Curtis. Edited by Fredrick Webb Hodge. Foreward by Theodore Roosevelt. Field Research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. [Cambridge, Mass. ], 1911. . . LIMITED EDITION: Quarto-sized (313 x 239 mm): This volume is numbered 48 of an unfulfilled edition of 500, on handmade Holland Van Gelder etching stock, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant by H. Blackwell of Boston, over beige linen-covered boards, original gilt lettered, raised paneled spines, ribbon bookmarks, with photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston after photographs by Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan. . . TEXT VOLUME: 75 photogravures, including 1 hand-colored print. Over 190 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. . . Provenance:. Edward S. Curtis Studio. Charles Arthur Moore, Jr. By descent to family. The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 2019. . This set of “The North American Indian, ” number 48, by Edward Sherriff Curtis comes directly from the hands of the photographer, through four generations of the Moore (Close) family, to the hands of the buyer. The books keenly represent that period in American history when industrialization conquered the nation’s wild lands and clashed with its indigenous peoples, and for purposes of provenance it should be known that the man who acquired them from Curtis himself embodied both industry and a deep reverence for nature and the American West. The books were purchased from Edward S. Curtis by the seller’s great grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore, Jr. of Greenwich, Connecticut. Moore was a Greenwich native, a humanist, and an industrialist who became president of his father’s metal products manufacturing company Manning Maxwell & Moore that built parts such as gauges, valves, and hoists for cranes and trains. Moore’s New York City office was in the Chrysler Building just below the gargoyles. Born 23rd of June, 1880, in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Charles A. Moore, Sr. and Mary Campbell Moore, his siblings were Mary Elsie Moore who married Italian prince Don Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi; Eugene Maxwell Moore who married Titanic survivor Margaret Graham; and Jessie Ann Moore who married US Navy Admiral Colby Mitchell Chester. Moore married twice, first to Annette Sperry of Nashville with whom he had three children and divorced in 1919, then to Elizabeth Hyde (1897-1983), daughter of Seymour Jairus Hyde and his wife Elizabeth Worrall. The Hyde’s were also wealthy industrialists whose company, A. G. Hyde & Sons Co. manufactured dry goods such as the Heatherbloom petticoats, and advertised with the first moving sign on Times Square. Charles and Elizabeth, who was known as Betty, had two children: John Campbell Moore (1921-1943), who died in active service with the 853d Engineer Battalion while being transported on the H. M. T. Rohna in World War II; and Bettine Moore, to whom the Curtis books later belonged. Moore was educated at St. Paul’s school and graduated Yale class of ’03. He was with the Montenegrin Army for some months during the Balkan War, then served throughout WWI, commanding in France the Old Twelfth Company of Greenwich attached to the 56th Artillery, A. E. F. He retired at the conclusion of the war with the rank of Major. A life member of American Museum of Natural history, Moore contributed specimens to the institution, like a mountain goat he shot in northern Rockies near the Columbia River in 1904, among others. He was also a member of New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society) and the National Geographic Society, as well as many manufacturing groups. Moore was a physically imposing man, a great lover of nature, a deeply devoted father, and the owner of a self-sustaining 168-acre farm/estate in Greenwich called Mooreland, on Mooreland Road, at which he hosted the Highland Games every summer. He had a wide and eclectic circle of friends of many ethnicities. An avid photographer, he shot both stills and movies, a collection of which the family retains. Many photographs depict beautiful natural scenes, or holidays to places like Cuba and dude ranches in the west. The reels of black and white film that he shot portray his family life (Johnny and Bettine as children, the Highland games, etc. ), and travels during the 1920’s – 40’s. . . EARLY INFLUENCE & LATER EXPEDITIONS:. In the fall of 1883, at the tender age of three, Arthur, as Charles, Jr. was known to his family, made a trans-continental trip by train on the Northern Pacific Railroad from New York City to Portland, Oregon with his parents. This was the very year the tracks were laid. One of his father’s letters from the journey, dated September 29, 1883 reads, "Yesterday Arthur shook hands through the window with an Indian Brave in War paint. ” This telling scene took pace in Billings, Montana, which at the time was still a territory. The Indian man was most likely Cheyenne, Crow, or Lakota Sioux. To put it into perspective, the Battle of the Little Big Horn/Battle of the Greasy Grass, otherwise known as Custer’s Last Stand, which took place just south of Billings, had happened only a few years prior, in 1876. Although the Indians won that battle, it was a symbolic win. In a mind-bogglingly short period of time their world had been forever altered. The last wild herds of buffalo had recently been obliterated from the landscape. Tribes were being force onto reservations. Settlers and miners were staking their claims. Who was he, the mystery “Indian brave”? We wish we knew, because his touch likely sparked in young Arthur a deep admiration for indigenous Americans and the west that eventually inspired him to sign onto the young Edward Curtis’ courageous venture in photography in 1906. Arthur’s early travels—and his father’s international travels and extensive political connections—also inspired him to become an explorer. Besides venturing west, he went north and east. He became dear friends with Captain Bartlett and 1897 journeyed with Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N. to find the geographic North Pole. Moore then took charter of the steam whaler Algerine and spent the summer of 1901 in the Hudson’s Straights and Hudson’s Bay. His expedition north and with Peary succeeded in charting new waters and bringing back trophies, like Inuit artifacts and the Cape York meteorite, which is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It is likely that befriending Inuit peoples also compelled him to support Curtis’ work. Later, in 1906, Mr. Moore traveled to Arabia, lands then controlled by the Ottoman Empire, including into what is now modern-day Syria, with the day’s most famous political cartoonist, Homer Davenport, whose drawings satirized figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The purpose of the expedition was to bringing back Arabian horses to the United States. Davenport had fallen in love with the breed at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893, the first time Arabian horses were on US soil. Moore, also a keen horseman, photographed and documented their expedition to Arabia, playing a key role in bringing some of the earliest desert-bred Arabian mares and stallions to America. Moore’s love of animals, wild lands, native peoples, art, and the west, he passed on to his daughter Bettine, wife of Dr. William Taliaferro Close, and mother of actress Glenn Close and her three siblings, and, through them, to his great granddaughter who made the difficult decision to sell the books. 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A collection of American Indian art reference books, 20th/21st Century Comprising nineteen hardcover and softcover titles by various authors including: Jewelry of the Southwest American Indians: Evolving Designs Art of the Hopi Contemporary Native American Artists American Indian Design & Decoration Zuni: A Village of Silversmiths Indian ndn Art: Contemporary Native American Art Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Indian Art and Its Evolution Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers Hallmarks of the Southwest American Indian Jewelry: Jewelry I, Volume 5 Common Threads: Pueblo and Navajo Textiles in the Southwest Museum Indian Basket Makers of the Southwest Treasures of the Zuni Indian Baskets Authentic Indian Designs Collecting Authentic Indian Arts & Crafts Native Nations: First Americans as Seen by Edward S. Curtis The Hopi Approach to the Art of Kachina Doll Carving Treasures of the Navajo 19 pieces
1912 Indian Twin 7 H.P.Engine no. 80D793
Oscar Hedstrom and Oliver Hendee, both active in the cycle racing world, got together to found the Hendee Manufacturing Company and build the first prototype Indian motorcycle in 1901. That first machine was powered by a single-cylinder, ‘F-head’ (inlet over exhaust) engine that formed part of the ‘diamond’ frame, in Indian’s case it sloped rearwards to act as the seat tube. An advanced feature in motorcycling’s early, pioneering days, chain drive was used by Indian right from the start.
The Indian single proved immensely successful and provided the basis for the first of the powerful, large-capacity v-twins for which the marque is best remembered. Indian’s first 38.61ci (633cc) v-twin appeared in 1907 with an engine clearly derived from that of the single, though mechanical inlet valves - introduced for 1908 - were an early improvement. The twin’s rear cylinder continued to form part of the frame until 1909 when a loop frame of the type favored by rivals Harley-Davidson was adopted. The Springfield firm’s first ‘Big Twin’ debuted that same year displacing 60.32ci (988cc). At the end of 1915 the Big Twin, by this time equipped with 61ci (998cc) engine, leaf-sprung frame and three-speed countershaft gearbox, was superseded by a new ‘flat head’ v-twin - the Powerplus - thus bringing to an end a noble line.
This 'Big Twin' dates from 1912, a year in which Indian sales benefited considerably from the firm’s famous 1-2-3 finish at the 1911 Isle of Man TT, a remarkable achievement made possible by the advantages conferred by the use of all-chain drive. Acquired by the vendor in 1988 from Beamont, CA, the machine had been kept in storage in the immediately preceding owner’s house since 1955 and thus has enjoyed only two owners in the past 52 years. Between 2000 and 2007 it was restored to ‘better than new’ condition by the vendor, an enthusiast with many years experience of Indian motorcycles and numerous awards to his credit. Not started since completion, this superbly restored Big Twin is offered with California Certificate of Title.
A COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART REFERENCE BOOKSA collection of Native American art reference books, 20th Century Comprising thirty-eight hardcover and softcover titles by various authors including: The Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets Navajo Textiles Walk in Beauty: The Navajo and their Blankets (Two copies) Navajo Pictorial Weaving 1880-1950 The Navajo Weaving Tradition The Navajo Blanket The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving Navajo Pictorial Weaving So You Want to Buy a Navajo Rug? Weaving of the Southwest Historic Navajo Weaving: 1880-1900, Three Cultures-One Loom Southwestern Weaving Aymara Weavings from Highland Bolivia The Alfred I. Barton Collection of Southwestern Textiles Pueblo Weaving and Textile Arts Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of Change Pueblo Indian Textiles: A Living Tradition Weaving the Dance: Navajo Yeibichai textiles (1910-1950) Indian Blankets and Their Makers Shared Horizons: Navajo Textiles Collecting the Navajo Child's Blanket Spanish-American Blanketry Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians: 1600-1880 American Indian Basketry of Northern California American Indian Basketry of Central California Rods, Bundles and Stitches Illustrated History of Indian Baskets and Plates made by California Indians and Many Other Tribes California Indian Basketry: An Artistic Overview American Indian And Eskimo Basketry Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics The Chilkat Dancing Blanket Indian Arts in Canada The Green Collection of American Indian Art: Parke-Bernet Galleries The George G. Frelinghuysen Collection of American Indian Art: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, Sunday June 6, 1976 38 pieces
"THE INDIANS SHALL DESTROY ALL THE STOCK HE HAS THERE & PULL THE HOUSE DOWN" (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Moore, Henry, Sir. Autograph Letter Signed on Indian affairs. 3 pages on one leaf, 312 x 389 mm, silked, separations at folds, missing blank lower half of final page extended and restored. Fort George, NY, 29 January 1767
Sir Henry Moore (1713-1769) spent most of his life in Jamaica before becoming governor of New York in 1765. This letter was apparently written to Sir William Johnson, then the royal Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The bulk of this letter relates to the case of a white settler (probably Cobus Maybe) who had illegally settled on land belonging to the Canajoharie Mohawks, which threatened peaceful relations between the English and the Mohawks. Moore assures Johnson: "I am sorry that the Indians should still be made uneasy by any one, & must desire that warning may be given to the person who insists on trespassing upon them (in the presence of two magistrates & some of the principal Indians), that he shall within the time that the said magistrates shall think fit to allow him, remove from that place & give no further offence to them, & that he be acquainted . . . that in case of his refusal to obey His Majesty''s proclamation, the Indians shall destroy all the stock he has there & pull the house down; for that I am determined to see the proclamation comply''d with in its fullest extent. If he shall still continue on the premises in defiance, he may depend on it that no favor will be shown to him, but that he will be treated with the greatest vigour . . . I desire that they [the Indians] not be alarm''d at the proceedings of some wrongheaded people for they may allways depend on being supported by the authority of Government." The bloody Pontiac''s Rebellion had recently concluded with the 1766 Treaty of Oswego, which acknowledged Indian territorial claims. Moore and Johnson were undoubtedly anxious to maintain this peace, hence this unusually strong defense of Mohawk rights.
Several related letters appear in the 1909 "Calendar of the Sir William Johnson Manuscripts in the New York State Library," but this letter is unrecorded in the collection''s inventories, according to library staff.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) and JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826).Manuscript letter on vellum signed by President Washington and Secretary of State Jefferson, offering peace and friendship to “Cornplanter, Half Town and Great Tree, Chiefs and Counselors of the Seneca Nation of Indians.” Philadelphia, 29 December 1790. 1 page (33 ¾ x 26 ¾ inches, 855x680 mm). Condition: Heavily faded and creased, some soiling. Matted.george washington's reply to chief cornplanter's famous appeal on behalf of the seneca indians. Cornplanter was one of the leaders of the Iroquois allied with the British during the American Revolution. In 1784, at the end of the war, Cornplanter led a delegation of Indian leaders to a gathering at Fort Stanwix, where the first treaty between the Iroquois and the newly-independent United States was concluded. Known as the Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the Iroquois ceded frontier areas and relinquished future claims to lands in the Ohio Valley. But by the winter of 1790, Cornplanter headed a delegation to Philadelphia that appealed to President Washington (famously addressing him as Father) to overturn some of the earlier land concessions and protect the Seneca from armed settlers who had murdered many from the tribe. In this measured and cautious reply to Cornplanter's plea, probably composed with the assistance of Jefferson and Secretary of War Henry Knox, Washington reassures Cornplanter of the continued friendship of the United States, reaffirms the existing treaty of Fort Stanwix and, with significant constitutional implications, declares that the Seneca have the same rights as all Americans to seek redress in the Federal courts:“…Here then is the security for your remaining lands. No state or person can purchase your lands, unless at some public treaty held under the authority of the United States. The general government will never consent to your being defrauded. But it will protect you in all your just rights. Hear well, and let it be heard by every person in your nation, that the President of the United States declares, that the general government considers itself bound to protect you in all the lands secured to you by the Treaty of Fort Stanwix … However, should you have any just cause of complaint...and can make satisfactory proof thereof, the federal Courts will be open to you for redress, as to all other persons...” Washington also addresses Cornplanter's complaint regarding the murders of innocent Seneca, promising that the guilty would be apprehended, tried and punished “as if they had killed white men.” In turn, the president writes of the increasing number of murders of whites by other Indians in the Ohio Valley and justifies subsequent attacks against them in self-defense. “ I have therefore been obliged to strike...in order to make them sensible of their madness. I sincerely hope they will hearken to reason, and not need to be further chastised. The United States desire to be the friends of the Indians upon terms of justice and humanity.” In concluding, Washington urges the Iroquois Confederation “to prevent their rash young men from joining the Miamee Indians” -- i.e. Little Turtle's Northwest Indian War, which at the time of this letter had recently defeated General Harmar and his troops near present day Fort Wayne, Indiana. The president also reiterates the positive intentions of the government, indicating that Cornplanter “ may depend upon the future care and kindness of the United States...If any man brings you evil reports of the intentions of the United States, mark that man as your enemy, for he will mean to deceive you and lead you into trouble. The United States will be true and faithful to their engagements.” The faded and wrinkled condition of this document is an indication of its significance, as Cornplanter no doubt carried it with him as an object of great importance.an extremely important letter of state reflective of indian relations in the early federal period.
[American Indian - Northeast] Books on Legends and Art of Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy and Great Lakes lot of 10 books including:Brawer Catherine Coleman (ed.). Many Trails: Indians of the Lower Hudson Valley. New York: Eilert/ Appleton Printing Co. 1983.Chalmers II Harvey. Tales of the Mohawk: First Series. New York: Ira Friedman Inc. 1968.Grinde Jr. Donald A. The Iroquois and the Founding of the American Nation. San Francisco: The Indian Historian Press 1977.Harrington M.R. The Iroquois Trail: A Story of American Indian Life in Colonial Times. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1965.Kubiak William J. Great Lakes Indians: A Pictorial Guide. New York: Bonanza Books 1970.Lyford Carrie A. The Crafts of the Ojibwa. Phoenix: Printing Department Phoenix Indian School 1943.McPhee John. The Survival of the Bark Canoe. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. 1990.Mints Margaret Louise. The Fading Trail: A Story of the Eastern Woodland Indians of South Jersey. 1992Wallace Anthony F.C. The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970."Civil Religious and Mourning Councils and Ceremonies of Adoption of the New York Indians". New York State Museum Bulletin 113 (reprint). Albany 1975.
(19) BOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL GROUP #2: AMERICAN INDIAN CRAFTS & RELICS Including: "Indian Trade Relics: Identification & Values, by Lars Hothem, 2003; "Hau, Kola! The Plains Indian Collection of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology" by Barbara A. Hall; "Collecting the West: Cowboy, Indian, Spanish American and Mining Memorabilia" by William C. Ketchem, Jr., 1993; "North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present" by Lois Sherr Dubin; "Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art", Exhibition Catalog from1977 Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City; "Indian Signals and Sign Language" by George Fronval and Daniel Dubois, 1978; "The Book of Indian Crafts and Costumes" by Bernard S. Mason, 1946; "Art of the American Indian Frontier" by David W. Penney The Chandler-Pohrt Collection, 1993; "Indian Art in North America: Arts and Crafts" by Federick J. Dockstader, 1961; "Accoutrements" by James R. Johnston, undated; "Accoutrements II", ibid, undated; "Accoutrements III", ibid; "Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume" by Josephine Pateek, 1994; "A Sure Defence: The Bowie Knife Book" by Kenneth J. Burton, 1998; "The Technique of North American Indian Beadwork" by Monte Smith, 1983; "Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker", Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998; "Indian Trade Goods and Replicas by Preston E. Miller and Carolyn Corey, 1998; "Indian Handicrafts" by C. Keith Wilber, 1990; "Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods" Schuyler, Hartley & Graham. Generally very good condition.