Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
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Plate 092 Fast Elk
Date:
1907
Size:
Portfolio, 22 x 18 inches
Medium:
Vintage Photogravure
Born 1838. He first went on the war path at age eighteen; the party searched for the Pawnee, but finding only a deserted village, returned. Fast Elk never led a war-party, but fought in four great battles with other tribes, and participated in the Fetterman massacre in 1866. He counted coup once in a fight with the Apsaroke, when their village on Pryer creek was surrounded by the Sioux.