American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

5 photographs, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. or smaller, on cardstock mounts, each with verso imprint of the Northwestern Photographic View Company, Chadron, Nebraska, which acquired the negatives from George Trager.

Scenes, some of which are identified in the negative, include: A view of officers of the 3rd Troop of the 7th US Cavalry at their camp north of Pine Ridge Agency. -- Officers of the 7th Cavalry at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, originally photographed by L.T. Butterfield of Chadron, Nebraska. -- "7th Cavalry going into camp at Pine Ridge Agency, SD, Dec. 27 1890." -- "Birds eye view of 7th Cav. Camp at Wounded Knee SD before the fight with Chief Big Foots Band.” -- View of an encampment comprised of dozens of tents, possibly the 7th Cavalry Camp, although this cannot be confirmed.

Together, 5 photographs.

The Battle of Wounded Knee was the massacre of nearly 300 Lakota Indians by the 7th US Cavalry during the Pine Ridge Campaign. The event took place near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on 29 December 1890. Trager was the first photographer on the scene in the aftermath of the massacre in January 1891 and took several photographs as US troops began collecting and burying bodies that were on the battlefield.