Drawing by Chief Rain-In-The-Face, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, Ca 1881-1885 

Ink and crayon drawing, 5 x 8 in., showing a Lakota Sioux rider firing a pistol at a bison. Drawing affixed to a 7.75 x 10 in. mount inked in the lower margin Drawn by Rain-in-the-face/ Standing Rock Agency, Dakota. 

Rain-in-the-Face (1835-1905) was a Hunkpapa Lakota known for leading warriors against the United States at the Fetterman Massacre in 1868 and at Little Bighorn in 1876. He fled to Canada following the latter, but surrendered in 1880 and was taken to Standing Rock Agency, D.T., where he lived the rest of his life.  Rain-in-the-Face was a favorite subject of photographer D.F. Barry during his time on the reservation (likely due to the accusation that he cut out Tom Custer's heart on the battlefield at Little Bighorn, which the chief denied), but very few drawings by Rain-in-the-Face are known to exist. 

Provenance: 3

Light horizontal fold line from before the drawing was mounted.