Apache drawings from Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Salvete Omnes,

on April 13 passed 140th anniversary of the arrival of the first Chiricahua Apaches deported to Fort Marion, Florida (San Augustine) - April 13, 1886. 

From Carli Digital Collections (Newberry Library) comes a set of ink and watercolor drawings created by an Apache (White Mountain) artist Frederick Gokliz, son in law of the famous leader  Cochise, who was deported, along with the Chiricahuas and  Warm Springs as prisoners of war, first as prisoners to Fort Marion in Florida, and then to Mount Vernon, Alabama, until 1894 and finally at Fort Sill, Oklahoma since 1894 to his death in 1901. 

Gokliz drew and painted his plates  most likely at Fort Sill , where they were acquired  for Edward E. Ayer.

warriors - 

  . Apache warrior and a woman on horseback

hunting bear & bison 

more images at the Carli portal

Valete

Robert M. Utley - Pacem Aeternam

 Salvete Omnes,

 

 

I have just learned  that Robert M. Utley passed away yesterday - June 7,2022.
Pacem Aeternam

Mr. Utley was a great historian of the American West, American Frontier, US Cavalry and Army of the West, Great Plains horse peoples etc.Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota, Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache, and George A. Custer of the US Cavalry were subjects of his studies. 

The list of publication - books, introductions to books, articles and  brochures, can be found here.

 

Pacem Aeternam

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some Western American historic photos to accompany this sad posting - 

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some books can be read on archive - that is they can be borrowed there -

Valete

Allan Houser - Chiricahua artist

Salvete Omnes,
a short entry-   the dog days of summer kind  :
for many reasons - not only because they became the first raiding mounted Indians in what today is United States - I have studied the Western and Plains Apache history and ethnography for may years, especially the early period of the XVII century, and then the post-Spanish Empire, i.e. Mexico and Anglo-American period in the XIX century. Also I visited the Apacheria many times and without any hesitation would read research about their history, traditions or lore (there is a very interesting work about the horse in the Apache and Navajo traditions).
I enjoy good history studies and for leisure I often seek novels where Apaches are part of the story.

But today I like to bring to your attention the works of one of the greatest American XX century artists, Allan  Houser, who himself was a Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache. Son of two Apache families - one traditional Apache via his father Sam Haozous (his wife was a daughter of  was famous war leader Mangas Coloradas, and he was a nephew of that interesting character known to the Anglos as Geronimo) and one mixed Apache and Anglo  via his mother Blossom Wrraten  who herself was a daughter of Annie White and  famous Apache interpreter Greorge Wratten.
The linked page is a devoted to his life and art,  while some of his works are available on wiki commons - they show horse, or rather ponies and they are lovely rendered.


 
 

 the Smithsonian offers several  photos of Houser's mural work and a little biography

these two images attached below  come from the Houser Facebook page and fall under their copyright limitations



 

 there is this video about the sculptural works exhibited in Round Rock, Texas.
Or you can borrow a book from the Archive world library about Allan Houser - by  Rushing Jackson from 2004. Or for your pleasure  a horse fiction book by Ann Nolan Clark titled Blue Canyon Horse - with multiple illustrations by Allan Houser, done in his very distinctive style; or see your local library - :) .

Finally,  while surfing the net you can see and study much more of Allan Houser's works, in paintings, sculpture or drawing.
Valete