Alone 175
175 ALONE, “Chin-Chin-Wet,” Warm Springs
The Warm Springs people are a branch of the Sahaptin or Nez Perce nation, receiving their name from the thermal springs found on their homeland in Northern Oregon. Chin-Chin-Wet, accompanied her husband, Owl, an Indian scout, during the Modoc War of 1872-73. This photograph was taken in Washington D.C. in the studio of the great Civil War photographer, Alexander Gardner.
Photograph by Alexander Gardner, Washington, D.C., 1872
Size: 4.25" x 6.0"