Schenkin John: Modoc Chief, portrait from life / painted in 1870 by H. H. Cross : photograph, ca.1900.

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Schenkin John: Modoc Chief, portrait from life / painted in 1870 by H. H. Cross : photograph, ca.1900.

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Bust portrait of Chief Schonchin John. A chief of the Modoc tribe, he was hung on October 3, 1873.

1 photographic print ; 25 x 20 cm.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130398

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Cross, Henry H., 1837-1918

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Henry H. Cross was born in Flemingville, NY. He was a painter of Indian portraits as well as of race horses. He studied with Rosa Bonheur In Paris before returning to the U.S. and heading west. He painted Sioux Indians sentenced to death by President Lincoln in 1862 in Minnesota, and spoke fluent Sioux. He also traveled with P. T. Barnum's circus, painting what he saw. His studio was based in Chicago, Illinois. From the description of Sketch from life : Chief Tall Bear, and photos of...

Schonchin John, d. 1873.

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