8. Juan, Pueblo 1. Albumen stereoview on orange cardstock mount. [San Juan Pueblo, near Santa Fe, New Mexico]: [H.T. Hiester], [1870s]. Printed title affixed to mount verso. Modern pencil inscription identifies the photographer, time, and place of the image. 

A full-length view of a Native American warrior, almost certainly a Pueblo Chief, brandishing a sword. Swords were often distributed by the U.S. Army or government to tribe leaders friendly to their causes. 

Looking directly at the photographer's lens, he wears hide leggings and moccasins, a long tunic tied at the waist with a cavalry officer's tasseled sash bearing the scabbard. His shoulder-length hair is loose, and he wears a beaded necklace. The image was likely taken at San Juan Pueblo, now known by its pre-colonial name, Ohkay Owingeh. The headquarters of the Eight Northern Pueblos, a Tewa and Tiwa-speaking pueblos in New Mexico.

Henry T. Hiester (alt. Heister) began his photographic career in Texas but moved to Santa Fe by 1871. He is best known for stereoviews documenting the people and landscape of New Mexico and Arizona, especially along the Rio Grande and at the Navajo Agencies. (Mautz p. 331). 

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