Camillus Sidney Fly

Lot 55: FLY, CAMILLUS S. (1849-1901)

Name: FLY, CAMILLUS S. (1849-1901)
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: vlvq13mvna

Est: $6,000 USD - $9,000 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USOctober 21, 2003

Item Overview

Description

"Council between General Crook and Geronimo." Albumen print, 3 1/4x7 1/2 inches (8.3x19 cm.), with Fly's hand stamp and titled, with each sitter identified on a typed text label, on mount recto; and with 2 of the photographer's hand stamps on mount verso. 1886

Artist or Maker

Camillus Sidney Fly

Notes

During the last years of the Apache wars Geronimo and his men were engaged in a heated battle with the U.S. Army. This photograph was taken during the council that would later dictate the terms of their surrender. Pictured are (from left to right) seated: Shipp; Faison; Captain Roberts; Geronimo; Jesus Aguirre; Nana; Sgt. Major Noche; Lt. Marion P. Maus; interpreters Vasquez and Besias; Montoya; Bourke; Gen. George F. Crook; and Charley Roberts. Behind Shipp, Faison and Capt. Roberts is an unknown Apache. Behind Geronimo are Cayetano and an unidentified Apache. Behind Vasquez and Besias are Daly and Chihuahua. Behind Crook are an unidentified Apache, Yanozha, and Strauss. Standing are two unidentified Apaches, Tommy Blair with Crook's mule named "Apache," Fun; Ulzanas, Laziyah, and two other Apaches.

Auction Details

IMPORTANT 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS

Swann Auction Galleries

October 21, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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