Ewers-Northern Cheyenne Ledger Book - Framed Print - Page 105
Northern Cheyenne, circa late 1870s. Collected by Ezra Philetus Ewers, Captain 5th Infantry
Edition:
Limited Edition Printing – single edition limited to 50 of each individual print, digitally reproduced from the original ledger drawing page by permission of the owner in 1998.
Image size: 7.25" x 12.25"
Paper: 100% archival rag paper
Paper Size: 13" x 18"
Framed: 12.25” x 16.25”
Publisher: Plains Indian Ledger Art Project (PILA), Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego, and Robert Wright Gallery, Escondido, CA
Issuing price: $400
History:
by Ezra Philetus Ewers, Captain 5th Infantry, probably from Cheyenne while he was stationed at Fort Keogh, MT between December 1877 and 1884, when he resigned as Commander of Fort Keogh and temporarily moved to Boston. Captain Ewers and the 5th Infantry were transferred to Texas in 1888 where he served as Commander of Fort Bliss.
According to Roger Cantrell, Captain Ewers gave the ledger book to Colonel William T. Weisinger II at Fort Huachuca, AZ before WW I, and perhaps as early as 1890. In 1890, Ewers was recalled from Texas to South Dakota to work with his Northern Cheyenne contacts against the spread of the Ghost Dance. Colonel Weisinger II left the ledger book to his son, Colonel Weisinger III. The last family owner, Roger Cantrell, is the son-in-law of Col. William T. Weisinger III.
In 1978, the ledger book was thrown into the trash from which Mr. Cantrell retrieved it. Mr. Cantrell last spoke to his father-in-law in 1998 to confirm what the family remembered about the ledger book. Col. Weisinger was 82 at that time.
Provenance:
Collected by Ezra Philetus Ewers, Captain 5th Infantry; Family of Colonel William T. Weisinger II by descent to Roger and Carol Cantrell, Raleigh, NC; Trotto-Bono, Scrub Oak, NY; Donald Ellis Gallery Ltd, New York; Private Collection.