Umatilla Reservation near Cayuse station;

Title
Umatilla Reservation near Cayuse station;
LC Subject
Camps Tipis Trees Mountains Graminaceae Sheds Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.) Indian encampments outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Camps on Umatilla Indian reservation, near Cayuse Station;
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
Two tipis. One tipi has just the top showing with a shed made of blank boards in front of it. The nearest tipi has an animal pen of some sort with a grass roof and sticks for door and walls. In the far backgound there is a single telephone or telegraph pole.
Condition Of Source
flaking; discoloration;;
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of a campsite in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The tipi in the front of the photograph is canvas with poles on the outside of the tipi. The tipi has a number of different canvases around the tipi. Behind the first tipi there is some brush, then a shed made of boards. Behind the shed you can only see the top of another tipi. All around the campsite is brush about as high as the two tipis. The ridge on the left side of the photograph is called Telephone ridge, the one over the second tipi is Kanine ridge and unidentified ridge on the right side. Writing on the photograph is in the lower left side of the photograph "Umatilla Reservation near Cayuse Station Maj. Moorhouse." This photograph is in the Thorn hollow area not near Cayuse.
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph; Camp Site: Housing;
Tribal Terms
Tipi; Canvas; Poles; Boards; Shed; Brush; Tree;
Location
Umatilla Indian Reservation >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States Blue Mountains >> Union County >> Oregon >> United States Telephone Ridge >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States Kanine Ridge >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1897/1920
Identifier
PH036_5921
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name
Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
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
703 pixels
Image Resolution
125 dpi
Color Space
24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1