Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
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The Combat—Tilloquats—Yee-Yee—Cayuse Tribe

Alternative Title
  • PH036_4323
  • Tilloquats + Yee Yee, Cayuse indians, with bow + arrows
Tribal Title
  • The Combat
Photographer
Date
  • 1897/1920
Description
  • An outside photograph of two Native American men dressed in Pendleton blankets posing on the bank of a river in the wintertime. Both men have their hair in braids, with a single feather attached. Each man is aiming a bow and arrow at the other. The photographer has identified the man on the left side of the photograph as Tilloquats; he is holding his bow in his left hand and one arrow, fitted into the bow, in his right hand. Hanging off his right arm is a whip. He is bare-chested and wears his Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist. One moccasin can be seen from under his blanket. The photographer has identified the other man as Yee-Yee, and he is holding his bow in his left hand -- fitting the arrow into his bow with his right. He is dressed with a Pendleton blanket over his left shoulder; there are pants or leggings under the blanket. On his back he has a quiver with hawk feathers. In the background lies the river, leading to a rising riverbank. There are leafless cottonwood trees on the other side of the river and patches of snow on the ground. In the far background is a gently rising hillside.
Tribal Notes
  • An outside photograph of two men wrapped in Pendleton Blankets next to a river in the winter time. They both have bows and arrows pointing at each other. The man on the left side of the photograph has been identified as Tilloquats by the photographer; he is holding his bow in his left hand and one arrow in his left hand. There is a whip hanging off of his right arm. He has his Pendleton Blanket wrapped around his waist. The other man has been identified as Yee-Yee by the photographer; he is holding his bow in his left hand. On his back is a quiver with hawk feathers off of the back. He has his Pendleton Blanket over his shoulder. In the background are some Cottonwood trees on the other side of the river. All over the photograph are small patches of snow. The writing on the photograph is "Tilloquats" on the man on the left side of the photograph. "Yee-Yee" is the man on the right side of the photograph. On the middle bottom is "The Combat Cayuse Tribe Maj. Moorhouse".
Source Condition
  • discoloration
  • scratching
  • silver mirroring
  • fingerprints
  • surface contamination
MODS Note
  • Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Subject
Tribal Classes
  • People
  • Water
  • Weapon
  • Outside Photograph
Tribal Terms
  • Man
  • Arrow
  • River
  • Bow
  • Quirt (whip)
  • Trees
  • Blanket, Pendleton
  • Quiver
  • Feathers
Rights
License
Identifier
  • PH036_4323
Repository
Local Collection Name
Local Collection ID
  • PH036 / A82
Series Name
  • Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Archival Box Number
  • 172
Finding Aid
Version
  • Glass-plate negative
Media
Institution
Conversion
  • 16-0-225
Submission Date
  • 11/13/2014
Modified
  • 02/06/2025
Resolution
  • 125 dpi
Collections

APA

Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2025). The Combat—Tilloquats—Yee-Yee—Cayuse Tribe Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df665h87k

MLA

Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916, University of Oregon. "The Combat—Tilloquats—Yee-Yee—Cayuse Tribe" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df665h87k

Chicago

Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916, University of Oregon. "The Combat—Tilloquats—Yee-Yee—Cayuse Tribe" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df665h87k

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010153709
Regalia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112334
Trees http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137241
Cottonwood trees http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm012112
Quivers (Archery) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007001556
Bow and arrow http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016142
blankets, Pendleton http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300197395
outdoor photographs http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/outdoorphotographs
Feathers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047536
Tilloquats http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/Tilloquats
Mountains http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087823
Rivers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114250
Moccasins http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086397
Cayuse Indians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021562
Arrows http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm000507
Indians of North America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065184
Whips http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146436
Leggings http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007780
Yeeh-ye http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/subject/Yeehye
Braids (Hairdressing) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016317
6 Men http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
22 No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
23 Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
9 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/MoorhouseMajorLeePhotographs
26 Image http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
11 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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