Penciled on verso: "Little Wolf Great Cheyenne Chief 1906 Second in command of all Cheyenne in Custer Battle. Two Moons first Little Wolf was the brains and tactition of battle- His uncle, Little Wolf, George Bird Grinnell (authorative historian) thought him the greatest Indian Chief of all - The Government took him and followers to Oklahoma for safety - He did not like it there and struck out for his home in Montana - Gen'l Miles followed him for months, was outwitted and got home, and the Gov't let him stay - I only got one portrait of him and it is Hearst Collection in Smithsonian, Wash'tn."
This is a portrait of Laban Little Wolf, the war hero's nephew. The Hearst Collection is in Berkley not Washington, DSC.
Chief Little Wolf, Cheyenne; [Little Wolf]
Record ID: 419
Date: 1906
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.
Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. 06.
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.458
Provenance: The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955; present owner by gift
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