Crooks Campaign- No shooting allowed!

Title

Crooks Campaign- No shooting allowed!

Abstract

Date

September 1876

Transcription

Recto: "Crooks campaign // No shooting allowed! Head him off!"
Verso: "The constant proximity of the Indians required the issuing of an order prohibiting the shooting. On Cabon Creek we found an unusual number of Jack rabbits. Our boys chased them on foot and succeeded in killing many of them with wooden sticks."

Condition

Stains on left edge.

Place

Montana

Medium

graphite on ruled paper

Dimensions

5.75 x 4.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1870-1880

Coordinates

46.8796822, -110.3625658

Source

Original drawing location: IW-AHVL-MT-9-76-1 (Box 14).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5011

Ref. Number

(Becker)IW-AHVL-MT-9-76-1

Collection

Indian Wars

Citation

Von Luettwitz, Adolphus H., “Crooks Campaign- No shooting allowed!,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2272.