The Art of Judy Gordon

Spotted Eagle of the Sans Arcs – 1876
Black ink on paper, first state, 2002
8½in x 11"
Collection of the artist
This is the original drawing of Spotted Eagle.
Judy says:
Remembered most about Arrow Creek was the fate of Plenty Lice; four soldiers with the Baker Expedition killed him and later his relatives retrieved and buried his bones.
Needless to say, Spotted Eagle did not care for railroad workers. Realizing in 1875, with the rising white pressure, one of the four tribal circles, was Spotted Eagle of Sans Arcs. He was not one to give up, and akicita (meaning tried to live peacefully already with whites) soldiered people who had tried. Not one to surrender at that time.
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