1890's Cabinet Card Photo of Buckskin Charley, Southern Ute Chief & Wife To-Wee

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Original 1890's Cabinet Card Photograph of Buckskin Charley, Southern Ute Chief with his wife, To-Wee.   This cabinet photo is in good condition with slight edge wear & corner wear that had pins in it, visible in the photos.  The photograph measures 5 1/2" x 3 7/8" on a tan mount that is 6 1/2" x 4 1/4".  Someone wrote their name on the back in pencil.  They also wrote: Buckskin Charlie and his favorite wife.  The beautiful wife's name is To-Wee, Emma Naylor Buck.  This was taken in a studio setting & they are dressed in Native American clothing, To-Wee wears a long fringed deerskin dress that is adorned with eagle feathers.  She has a long braid, an eagle feather in her hair, beaded moccasins, & she's holding a feather fan.  A feather headdress is at her feet.  Buckskin Charley is wearing a beaded robe, beaded moccasins, a large cross around his neck, an eagle feather in his hair, a feather fan in his hand & a full feather headdress sits on his knee.  They are standing on a Native American made rug.  Buckskin Charley was the leader of the Capote band of the Ute tribe from 1880 until his death in 1936. He succeeded Chief Ouray as the official treaty negotiator.  He learned English & took the white man's name Charles Buck, but he was best known as Buckskin Charley.
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In 1890, he was given the Rutherford Hayes Indian Peace Medal by President Benjamin Harrison.  He rode with Geronimo in Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 Inaugural Parade. His son, Antonio Buck, Sr. succeeded him as hereditary chief & became the first elected chairman of the Southern Ute tribe.  A stunning photo & an amazing cabinet card for any Native American image collector.  Don't miss out on it.
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