Nez Perce Storehouse, Nespelem Agency, 1893

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

Dublin Core

Title

Nez Perce Storehouse, Nespelem Agency, 1893

Description

Erskine Wood Photograph from Chief Joseph's Camp at Nespelem, WA, Colville Reservation, 1893.

"A Nez Perce 'Ictas House' at Nespilem, Colville Reservation, Chief Joseph's headquarters in 1893. 'Ictas' in Chinook means 'things' or 'belongings.' Hence, an Ictas house is a store house, where things were stored that were not kept in the tepees, or taken on journeys. The dog in this picture is I think the grey-white little fellow (probably part coyote) that belonged to Chief Joseph, and used to sleep with me to keep warm (and me too) and tree native pheasants for me. I forget his name. But it may have been 'Elowtewa,' meaning 'friend.' " (EW, later note.) See EW journal entry for November 21, 1893: "I went into Little Man Chief's Ictas house (footnote: 'A small shack patched together with rough boards where he kept his treasures') with his squaw and she showed me a whole lot of fine things. Beaded buckskin shirt, baskets, Indian hats, a fine red stone pipe that Little man chief had gotten from a Souix." This image published with OHQ journal transcript.

Creator

Wood, Erskine

Date

1893-11-21

Format

image/tiff

Type

Image

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
For questions about rights statements, or access to the original document please contact Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives http://specialcollections.lclark.edu
http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/files/fullsize/59b20e30d7d04864e31402f9dcbca4f8.jpg