This photographic art print is printed on acid-free paper that will last a hundred years, and is matted in neutral colors chosen to compliment the print, yet match any decor.

Each art print is backed with cardboard, ready to frame, and is enclosed in a plastic bag for protection.

This art print measures approximately 8x10 inches, including the mat. The mat pictured is representative, the one you receive may vary. If you are ordering more than one print, we will try to match mat colors when available.



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This art print is made from an historical photo of Bird Chief, prominent chief of the Arapaho taken by photographer William S. Soule (1836-1908). The original photo was probably taken in the 1860s.

Bird Chief signed the Araphao Treaty of 1851.

Eight years before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Custer was the victor in a massacre referred to as the Battle of the Washita, that decimated an innocent village in 1868. Bird Chief was shot and killed by Custer at this massacre of Black Kettle's band on the Washita River.

William Stinton Soule, (1836-1908), also known as William S. Soule or "Will" Soule made his way west in 1867. At age 29, he was a wounded Civil War veteran looking for a way to improve his health. Upon his arrival at Fort Dodge in Kansas, he clerked in trader John E. Tappin's post store.

Soule's photograph of a scalping victim taken near Fort Dodge became his first published work.

William Soule left Fort Dodge for Camp Supply, Indian Territory, in the spring of 1869, and arrived in Fort Sill, Indian Territory, in late 1869 or early 1870. Fort Sill was a military headquarters and an agency for several tribes, including the Kiowa, Wichita, and Comanche. Most of Soule's Indian portraits were taken at or near Fort Sill, between 1870 and 1874. Soule died in 1908.