Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916

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7131. PH036_4785 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4785 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A black-and-white photograph of a Native American man, identified as Alexander, Yakima Indian. He is sitting on a blanket-covered object on a carpet strewn with straw. Behind him on the left is a light-colored broad-brimmed felt hat with a feather in the hatband. His hair is pulled back from his face on the top of his head, and hangs down in two pigtails on his chest which are wrapped with dark fur hairwraps. A small amount of hair on each side is threaded through quills and beads and hangs separately. He wears disk earrings and a beaded choker. His heavy dark cloth shirt has two buttons on the placket, which only extends halfway down the shirt. There is a button on each cuff as well. Above his elbows he wears wide beaded armbands with geometric designs. His light-colored leggings have designs in brass tacks below the knees, and insets of woven material with geometric designs which run the length of the front. Fringes, ermines, and braids hang off them. His moccasins are beaded with a floral pattern. His hands on his lap hold a hatchet-style pipe which has a triangular woven and fringed decoration on the end. Small bells hang amongst the fringe, which is so long that a half of it rests on the floor. Around his waist he wears a woven or beaded belt with squares of color. From it hangs a split leather belt with brass tacks, which forms two loops.
7132. PH036_5212 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5212 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. A child in a cradleboard is to the woman's right. The woman is wearing a necklace, a leather dress, and earrings. Her hair is tied into two braids. The child is in a cradleboard with a floral design., Queen Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Cayuse woman, seated by tule tipi, with infant in cradleboard. She wears decorated buckskin dress, cornhusk hat, and holds a cornhusk bag with a triangular design.]
7133. PH036_5215 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5215 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. She is wearing earrings, a leather dress, a hat, and a necklace. Her hair is tied in two braids. A cradleboard is leaning against the side of the tipi. A large tree is in the foreground., Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Queen Etna, Cayuse woman, in regalia, outside double tule tipi. Same sitting as 5212. Baby in cradleboard.]
7134. Fish Hawk
Fish Hawk
Description
A black and white half-length studio portrait of a Native American man identified as "Fish Hawk". He gazes off to the left of the photograph, his shoulder-length dark hair swept back from his face in loose waves. He has a geometrically-patterned wool blanket wrapped around his arms and torso; his chest is bare and he wears no visible ornaments.
7135. Jennie Peo, with children, in camp
Jennie Peo, with children, in camp
Description
This photograph was identified as 'Jennie Peo, with children, in camp' from Major Moorhouse. From a unidentified tribal member it is 'Mose and Levi' for the two boys and 'Jenny and Eva Van Pelt' both with a question mark next to the names. 2) A Native American woman is seated in front of a cloth backdrop, along with her four children. The woman is wearing a cloth dress, with a fringed shawl around her shoulders. She has long braids, moccasins, and a ring on one hand. She is holding an infant child on her lap. The baby is dressed in a long, white, cloth dress. Two young boys are standing on her right side. The boys are dressed in cloth shirts and overalls. The shorter boy is standing in front of the taller boy; he has a scarf or bandanna around his neck and is wearing leather boots. Both boys have very short hair. A young girl is standing on the left side of her mother. She is wearing a cotton dress with a collar and pockets, socks, and leather boots that lace up above the ankles. She has a white cloth bonnet on her head. Her face is not visible beneath the bonnet; she appears to be looking down and the bonnet is blurry as if she had moved her head as the photograph was taken. The woman's shawl hangs down to the ground and is draped behind her chair or stool and all of the children. The family is posed on top of a striped blanket that is on the ground in front of the backdrop. The cloth backdrop is suspended on the outside wall of a wooden building, with some of the wooden slats visible on the left side of the image., [Jennie Peo with children, in camp, or in Moorhouse yard.]
7136. Chief Ume-Somkin—Cayuse Tribe
Chief Ume-Somkin—Cayuse Tribe
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American man who has been identified as Uma-Som-Kin. He is standing with a horse and dog to his left, and a tipi behind him. His hair is in braids with hair ornaments or ties attached to their ends and he is wearing a cowboy hat. He is dressed in a shirt, and over that a coat made out of a Pendleton Blanket. In his right hand he is holding a rifle, and in his left hand both a hand drum and horse reins. He is wearing either calf-high boots or moccasins. The horse or pony has a spotted coat; it is bareback with what appears to be a leather halter. The dog is between the horse and man. It also has a mottled or spotted coat, with uncropped ears and unknown breed heritage. The tipi is made of canvas layers. There is a cloth or canvas doorway directly behind the man; on the back of the tipi leans a broken tule mat. There are small wooden poles and various pieces of wood also leaning against the tipi's exterior. In the background are bushes and deciduous trees, perhaps cottonwood trees, leading to the hillside.
7137. Yeeh-Ye
Yeeh-Ye
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Yee-ye. He is standing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. He is wearing moccasins and standing upon a round flat coil mat that is lying on another blanket on the ground. To the left of the man there is a pipe on the blanket. He is wearing a porcupine roach with one eagle feather on his head. His hair is braided, with fur strips braided into or extending the natural length of his braids. He is wearing a neck choker and a multi-layered loop necklace. He is dressed in a buckskin shirt that has a beaded strip down both sides of his shoulders. The ends of his sleeves and shirt are fringed. He is holding an eagle tail fan, wrapped in leather, in his left hand. The eagle feather has long leather strips decorated in beads. He is wearing a woven plaid cloth strip around his waist, which hangs over buckskin leggings., Yee-ye [Umatilla Indian, with various regalias and implements, and pipe. In Moorhouse yard.]
7138. Chief Uma-som-kin—Walla Walla Tribe
Chief Uma-som-kin—Walla Walla Tribe
Description
An outside photograph of a Native American man, who has been identified as Uma-Som-Kin. He is dressed in full native regalia, and sitting on a horse that is standing next to a river's edge. For his headdress, the man is wearing a bonnet with a single trail of eagle feathers. He is wearing a coat made out of a Pendleton blanket. He is wearing leggings that exhibit a geometrical design on the cuff--perhaps beaded--and beaded moccasins. Because no stirrups can be seen, it would appear that he is riding either bareback or using a blanket for his saddle. He is holding the horse's bridle in his left hand. The horse or pony has a spotted coat. The river disappears around a bend, blending into the hillside in the background. The terrain around the river shows rocks, grass, dirt and brush. On the river's opposite bank is a fence line that runs along the river's path. In the far background is an expanse of rolling hills.
7139. PH036_5569 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5569 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of a large group of children -- boys and girls -- standing outside of a three-storey building. The structure has been identified as St. Andrews Roman Catholic mission school, and the children are, most likely, pupils of the school. To the far left of the photograph is a uniformed boy's band. Brass instruments and several drums can be seen. Standing behind the band are several men dressed in Euro-American clothing. Clustered in the middle are the girls. They appear to be grouped by age, with the youngest on the left and the older girl novices, many dressed in white and wearing a veil, on the right. Sitting on the ground in front of the girls are young boys. On the far right are the older boys, dressed in Euro-American clothing, and a priest wearing clerical garb. There are some women standing behind the girls and older boys. The school building exhibits 17 double-hung windows, one half-round window and three gable roof type dormers. There are two chimneys and a cross on the top. To the rear of the building is a smaller structure that may be attached. There is fencing behind the entire assemblage and in the background are rolling hills. The foreground shows patches of grass and dirt., [Pupils of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic mission school including uniformed novices and boys' band; Umatilla reservation]
7140. PH036_6342 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_6342 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A Native American man wearing regalia stands inside a tipi. The man wears a horned headdress, a shirt, a breechcloth, and moccasins. He also wears a necklace and a fur. He holds a smoking pipe. Two other Native Americans recline on blankets near him.