![[3726634] Original ca 1920s–1930s photograph of Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or “Star-That-Travels.”. Bacon Rind, “Star-That-Travels” Wah-she-hah.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726634.jpg?auto=webp&v=1530631169)
Original ca 1920s–1930s photograph of Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or “Star-That-Travels.”
“Osages. richest Indians in the world, all of them have an oil well”
Snapshot photograph of Native American Bacon Rind (c.1860–1932), Osage tribal leader and keeper of traditional customs and costume. The photo depicts Rind in native dress and wearing his traditional otter-skin cap. He is accompanied by two indigenous members in Western-styled attire.
A caption on the back of the photo references the oil and natural gas wealth of the Oklahoma-based tribe; in full: “Osages. richest Indians in the world, all of them have an oil well. The one with his Indian Dress is Chief Bacon Rind.”
Bacon Rind—also known as Wah-she-hah, “Star-That-Travels”—was born in Kansas. In the 1870s, during the Osage removal from Kansas, he moved to the Osage Nation, Indian Territory located in what is today Osage County, Oklahoma. He held several tribal leadership positions and was elected principal chief in 1912 but was deposed in 1913 over a 1906 bribery incident. Despite this, Bacon Rind remained recognized as a leader by some tribal members. (Bacon Rind | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)
The plight of the Osages is documented in David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (2017), later made into a move.
Description: Original ca 1920s–1930s photograph of Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or “Star-That-Travels.”
[Np, c.1920s–1930s]. Sepia-tone photograph. 5 x 3½ inches. Ink manuscript caption on verso. Lower corners slightly bumped; trimmed at bottom edge; very good.
[3726634]Price: $100.00