Two Strikes drawing of his head and torso, with images of 4 pipes to indicate war parties led and 12 heads to indicate enemies killed

Object Details

See more items in: MS 2372 Garrick Mallery Collection on Sign Language and Pictography; MS 2372 Garrick Mallery Collection on Sign Language and Pictography / Series 3: Materials on Pictographs and Petroglyphs / 3.3: Correspondence, drawings, and photographs filed by Native American tribe or subject / Dakota / Record of exploits by Red Dog

Collection Citation: Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents: INV 08742601. Two Strikes identified as the artist by Garrick Mallery. Two inscriptions in different hands. First reads: "This is [Mr.?] Two Strike he has kill this many man he is one of the Chifes [sic]." Second reads: "Two Strike - killed twelve men, and led 4 war parties (at different times)." Graphite and colored pencil. Fig. 547, "Picture Writing of the American Indians" by Garrick Mallery, 10th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology for 1888-89, Washington DC 1893.

Collection Restrictions: Manuscript 2372 is open for research. Access to Manuscript 2372 requires an appointment.