Short Man, c. 1895
Carbon print
Overall 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches
With the original frame backing with affixed Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show letterhead verso.
With the original frame backing with affixed Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show letterhead verso.
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Handsome studio portrait of Short Man shown wearing a Sioux war bonnet, or feather headdress, and bone breast-plate. Short Man was part of Buffalo Bill's traveling show, as well as...
Handsome studio portrait of Short Man shown wearing a Sioux war bonnet, or feather headdress, and bone breast-plate. Short Man was part of Buffalo Bill's traveling show, as well as a member of Buffalo Bill's Indian Police. According to the Cody Archive:
"It's indicated in some of the contracts that are on record that those who served as leaders of the Buffalo Bill Indian police were also given additional wages, so it would increase their salary per month if they participated in this leasing group to make sure that all was well with the group that was touring. They were given a monthly salary, they were fed, they were housed, they were performing with the show, but there was also the safety issue in that these men and women and children were safe while they were on the road. And so there were some leaders who were tasked with being the police officer."
"It's indicated in some of the contracts that are on record that those who served as leaders of the Buffalo Bill Indian police were also given additional wages, so it would increase their salary per month if they participated in this leasing group to make sure that all was well with the group that was touring. They were given a monthly salary, they were fed, they were housed, they were performing with the show, but there was also the safety issue in that these men and women and children were safe while they were on the road. And so there were some leaders who were tasked with being the police officer."