Contested Spaces of Early America

Image Plates

Plate 1. Detail from the Sitting Rabbit map that shows three different segments of the Missouri River; a hash-marked line for the Great Northern Railroad, running through Bismarck, which appears as a rectilinear grid at the left; and Mandan, North Dakota, which appears as a similar but smaller grid on the other side of the river. Reproduced by permission of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Plate 2. “When there was water the prisoners were taken to wash and bathe.” From Doanmoe’s manuscript, p. 11. Courtesy of the Yale University Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library Plate 3. “Young Kiowas dressed for a ceremonial visit.” From Doanmoe’s manuscript, p. 22. Courtesy of the Yale University Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library. Plate 4. With its depiction of New Mexican equestrian militia, circa the 1720s, Segesser I provides the first visual record of new forms of armor, weaponry, and equestrian enslavement engulfing Native peoples across the Southwest. Courtesy of the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, Negative Number 152690. ...