Indians of North America -- Warfare
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Buff family history : with an account of early times, and the Native American language
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9130
Scope and content
Collection of information gathered by B. C. Dawson about the Buff family. Includes typescript of oral history and Buff family genealogy told to B.C. Dawson by Truman Buff at Fort Independence, California. Papers include Paiute vocabulary and alphabet with phonetic and proper spelling. Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters written by family members. Photocopies of 1920s newspaper clippings as well. Biographical information as well as info on Indian legends and stories, military...
Dates:
1980.
Drawing of carved pipe from beyond Rocky Mountains
Collection — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9098
Scope and content
Paintings signed Broncho Charlie and dated 1942. This could be Broncho Charlie Miller, sometimes spelled Bronco, who was the youngest rider for the Pony Express and showman for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two of the paintings are titled "Wild Horses", and "Hunting Buffalo 1878 Kansas"; the third is untitled. The untitled painting depicts Indians fighting and being killed with guns, and also has riders on horseback. A southwestern mesa landscape is in the background.
Dates:
1942.