Poker Jim's Camp Near Cayuse Station

Title: Poker Jim's Camp Near Cayuse Station
LC Subject: Tipis Horses Cattle herding Men Children Blankets Trees Camps Indians of North America Cayuse Indians Cows Cattle Dwellings Poker Jim outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Poker Jim's Camp Near Cayuse Station Camp of Poker Jim, Cayuse Indian, near Cayuse Station, Umatilla
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Three Native American men and four children stand around outside a tipi. They are accompanied by two horses, a cow and two calves. More livestock are visible in the backround. One of the calves appears to be nursing. Miscellaneous gear and supplies sit on the edge of the photograph, just to the left of the tipi.
Condition Of Source: flaking
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a family standing next to a tipi and horses and a cow. The tipi which is the back is made of canvas and a few Tule Mats on top. There are six poles on the outside of the tipi to hold the canvas and the Tule Mat down. There are four children standing behind the tipi and they are all facing the camera. They are all dressed in Euro-American clothing. One of the children is holding the reins to a horse and a cow. A man is standing between the horse and the cow. The calf is nursing on the cow. There are two men standing behind the cow and a horse with a saddle on the horse behind the man on the far right of the photograph. All three men are wearing cloth shirts and wearing blankets wrapped around them. On the left side of the photograph in the back ground which would be the front of the tipi is part of the supplies for the camp. Writing on the photograph is under the tipi and the horse and the cow is "Poker Jim's Camp Near Cayuse Station Maj. Moorhouse" In the far back ground is a mixed trees of Cottonwood and Pines.
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; Camp site; People; Animal;
Tribal Terms: Tipi; Canvas; Tule Mat; Poles; Girl; Dress; Hat; Horse; Man; Blanket; Shirt, Cloth; Halter; Cow; Calf; Vets, Cloth; Saddle; Tress;
Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4308
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 10.00 X 8.18 inches
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916 Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: Glass-plate negative
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Image Width: 875 pixels
Image Height: 705 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1