Photographic Print
Pièce d'archives
1937.129.1
A black and white photograph, reads "Sergt. G. Rolph and Indian Grave, Eastend Post, 1878".
Two men in RCMP/RNWMP uniforms standing below a body wrapped and placed at the top of 4 poles
Two men in RCMP/RNWMP uniforms standing below a body wrapped and placed at the top of 4 poles
Sgt. G. Rolph and a NWMP scout at the site of an Indigenous person's last resting place near Eastend, Saskatchewan. The corpse is wrapped in the hide of his horse killed up on his death. At that time the area was inhabited by Sioux from Sitting Bull's camp.
Date: 1878
Photographic paper, ink
Longueur: 12.8 cm;
Largeur: 8.5 cm;