CROW DOG PICTOGRAPH FROM HIS TRIAL IN DEADWOOD, SD, IN

One of three books found in October of 2000 in the Jail Office in Deadwood, South Dakota, at the back of a file cabinet. One remained in the Deadwood Jail, one is in the collection of the Adams Museum in Deadwood, the third is from the consignor’s collection. Vintage autograph album having pictograph account of the murder of Brule/Teton Lakota Chief Spotted Tail by Crow Dog, Chief of the Rosebud Police, in August of 1881 in Deadwood, in a conflict over a police job. The drawing was done by Crow Dog during the trial to give his account of events. A trial was initially handled informally on the reservation. He gave horses, money and a blanket to Spotted Tail’s family and the matter was considered settled, but the Territorial powers brought him to Deadwood for trial. He was convicted but ultimately freed when his lawyer argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the authorities had no jurisdiction.4" x 7" album with dated 1878 chromolitho front page. Signatures date from the 1884-1888, include the twelve members of the "Crow Dog Kaw-Gi-Shun-Ca Jury"; PLUS autograph of A.J. Plowman, attorney for Crow Dog, who would go on to challenge and ultimately overturn his conviction in the U.S. Supreme Court and , U.S. Attorney Hugh Campbell who prosecuted the Deadwood case, PLUS William J Cleveland, Rosebud Indian Agency, who officiated at Spotted Tail’s funeral. ALSO: Attorney Thomas E. Harvey of Deadwood; Whirlwind Soldier (his mark), Spotted Tail's Nephew; Iron Tail (his mark), Indian Police, Cousin to Spotted Tail; Chasing Hawk (his mark), Rosebud Agency; Spotted Tail, Jr. (his mark) Chief of the Brule Sioux; Brig. Gen. John Cook; Thunder Hawk (his mark), Indian Police, Cousin to Spotted Tail, Jr.; Ring Thunder (his mark), Chief Councillor [sic]; Kill on Horseback (his mark), Chief Councillor [sic]; Capt. RH Montgomery, US Cavalry; Captain Thigh (his mark), Chief Indian Police; C.P. Dare, Ex-US Marshal, Arizona Territory; Windy Horse (his mark); Shooting Cat (his mark); Bad Gun (his mark); Hill's Mother (her mark), Spotted Tail, Jr's mother; PLUS List of (12) Indian names matched to English names of signatories; PLUS many other autographs, including two pages in Chinese.The single pictograph is an idealized version of the murder, as Crow Dog shot Spotted Tail while the latter was riding in his wagon back to the reservation from Deadwood.Similar to the album in Adams Museum in Deadwood. Includes letter from Ross Frank, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, dated Oct 4, 2013, describing the historical significance of this case for the establishment of independent reservation law enforcement.Spotted Tail was an interesting character who brought his tribe onto the reservation and initiated a connection to the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians in Pennsylvania, for which the U.S. Government built him a “mansion,” but supplied no furnishings! No matter, his family hated living in a building anyway and just pitched their tepees in the surrounding gardens. He had great political clout as a result of his government connections, and basically used the Indian Police to guard his fiefdom.