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

Search

You searched for: Start Over Institution University of Oregon Remove constraint Institution: University of Oregon Topic Bandannas Remove constraint Topic: Bandannas Collection Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes Remove constraint Collection: Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes

Search Results

1. PH036_6792 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_6792 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A line of 20 men and women on horseback stand side-by-side, facing the camera. They are on a dirt street in front of several wooden buildings, including a livery stable. The riders are a mixture of men, women, Indians and non-Indians, and wear tribal clothing or cowboy attire.
2. Yellow Wolf, Round Up
Yellow Wolf, Round Up
Description
A Native American man identified as Yellow Wolf is seated on a white horse, holding a long feathered lance on his left. He is holding a feathered artifact in his right hand. He is wearing a decorated cape over his shoulders. He has on moccasins decorated with a floral design. He is wearing trousers or chaps with wide striped legs. His horse is wearing an appliqued breastplate decorated with stars, flowers and leaves. On Yellow Wolf's right, a man is riding away with his back to the camera. He is riding a spotted horse. He is wearing a buckskin coat, a broad-brimmed hat and a bandanna around his neck. The man's jacket is fringed and decorated with beadwork across the shoulders. The cuff and collar of his coat are in a darker material. The man's trousers are also fringed. He is wearing beaded moccasins. In the background between Yellow Wolf and the man in the buckskin coat there are three women with their backs to the camera. They are wrapped in long blankets. One woman has a light colored fringed shawl over her blanket. Another woman has a blanket with hanging decorations. The third woman has a dotted shawl pulled over her head. Also in the background there two men wearing feathered headdresses and several horses.
3. PH036_5096 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5096 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A group of three Native American women and a Native American man pose on horseback in front of a canvas tipi. Around the tipi are deciduous trees and shrubs with leaves; in the distance is a hill with scattered groves of trees or bushes. Two of the horses are white and two are dark. The man wears a broad-brimmed hat, cloth shirt and pants, a dark vest with a badge on it resembling the tribal police badges, a bandanna around his neck, and a choker necklace. His feet are in metal stirrups. He appears to have a gun or knife at his waist. The women all wear cloth scarves or sunbonnets which tie under their chins. They are all wearing cloth dresses with patterns: plaid, striped, floral. The woman in the middle has a blanket over her legs. The woman on the right is riding sidesaddle. The horse gear such as bridles is all plain leather without beading., Group of Umatilla. [Three women and a man on horseback by a canvas tipi. Man wears badge and may be part of Indian Police.]
4. 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.]
5. PH036_4786 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4786 Lee Moorhouse photographs
Description
A Native American man and woman, identified as Red Elk and his sister, of the Cayuse Tribe, stand in front of a large tipi. The tipi is made up of layers of tule mats, with some long sticks supporting them on the outside. The man is dressed in a cloth shirt and cloth pants, with a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He is wearing beaded moccasins, a beaded bandoleer, and a beaded belt with a small pouch. His jewelry includes beaded looped necklaces, a beaded choker, and hoop earrings with shells. He is holding an object in each hand. The woman is dressed in a solid colored cloth dress, an underlayer dress, and has a sash around her waist. She has a large shawl draped over one shoulder and wrapped around her waist. The shawl has fringes and some embroidered flowers along the border. She is wearing moccasins, partially obscured by her shadow, and is holding a scarf or bandana in her hand. Her jewelry includes several strands of beaded necklaces and shell earrings. The man's hair is long and pulled back behind his head. The woman's hair is in two long ponytails. The man and woman are each standing on a pendleton blanket. Two more blankets are draped over a rope that circles the the tipi; one of them seems to be covering a doorway. A few objects are displayed on the blankets. There are deciduous trees and shrubs in the background and straw on the ground around the tipi., Red Elk and sister [Cayuse man and woman, in traditional clothing , by tule tipi. On reservation.]