[NATIVE AMERICANS]. GOFF, O.S., photographer. A group of 2 cabinet cards of Chief Gall and Low Dog.

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. GOFF, O.S., photographer. A group of 2 cabinet cards of Chief Gall and Low Dog. Bismarck, Dakota Territory.

Approx. 4 x 5 7/8 in. cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts (toning, soiling, spotting throughout; soiling and edge/corner wear to mounts; Chief Gall with horizontal crease). Both feature Goff's pictorial imprint on verso along with ink inscriptions: "Chief Gall" (mount recto). "Principle Chief in the Custer fight, June 26 1876" (verso). -- "Low Dog" (mount recto). "This Chief did the fighting in The Custer Fight, June 26 1876" (verso). -- Together, 2 cabinet cards.

Low Dog (ca 1846-1894) was an Oglala Lakota chief who fought with Sitting Bull at the Little Bighorn. He was the source of the quote often attributed to Sitting Bull: "This is a good day to die. Follow me." Low Dog surrendered in 1881 and lived out his days at Standing Rock.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum