Original Photo Sioux Indians Arrested Battle of Lightning Creek Massacre 1903

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Original Photo of Sioux Indians Arrested
Battle of Lightning Creek Massacre 1903
Rare and original 1903 photograph taken in- Douglas, Wyoming- of nine Oglala Sioux Indian Warriors, arrested for the murder of Sheriff William Miller at the Battle of Lightning Creek.  Seven people died including Sheriff Miller, Chief Black Kettle and Chief Eagle Feather.
Many
thought that after the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Battle of Wounded Knee- Indian battles had become a thing of the
past and civilization had taken over.
Yet, one more confrontation would occur......the Battle of Lightning Creek.  The last of the Indian battles.
This bloody massacre was over the misunderstanding between Indians and Whites concerning hunting rights.
The details of the bloody-battle at Lightning Creek are difficult to state with confidence, for the accounts of both Indian and White participants vary substantially and are colored by emotion.
Historians who have examined the incident give the impressio
n that the 1903 shoot-out was an isolated event, but in actuality the Lightning Creek affair came the end of a decade or more of hunting-rights conflicts between American Indians and the state of Wyoming.
The Photograph
Titled (below the photo):
"Sioux Indians held in Douglas, Wyoming Jail For the Murder of Sheriff Miller of Weston County."
The nine Indian Warriors held for murder include (from bottom
left to right):
1.  Iron Shield,     2.  Chief He Crow,      3.  Red Pin,      4.  High Bull,      5.  Broken Nose,      6.  High Dog,           7.  James White Elk,       8.  Charge
Wolf,  and     9.  Jesse Little War Bonnet.
Photo by MARSH, Douglas, Wyo.
Sold as is, and as shown in the photo's provided, which are part of the description.
Included will be a photocopy of several pages (302-320) of the "Conflict over Hunting Rights: Lightning Creek, 1903"  by Lee R. Boyer.
An exceedingly rare, original and authentic piece of history.......
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Copyright 1993 by the South Dakota State Historical Society.
The piece is on studio board and original photo stock.
Marked across the bottom.
Overall measurements are (approx.) 12" x 10"