Crows Breast Chief of Grovants. [sic]. Albumen stereoview. [Dakota Territory, D.C. Smith?], [1870s]. Period ink inscription to verso supplies the title identification. 

An intimate studio portrait of Crow's Breast, a Head Chief of the Hidatsa (Gros Ventre). He wears trousers and a blanket wrapped around his otherwise bare chest. He holds an eagle wing and a pipe stem. A Presidential Peace medal is displayed proudly upon his bare chest. Another view from the same sitting is known on D.C. Smith's Bismarck backmarked mount. 

Crow's Breast (ca 1816- ca 1870s)was a member of the Tamisik clan of the Hidatsa (Gros Ventre). In 1864, Crow's Breast refused to join the Sioux War against the Americans.  he is listed as the Head Chief representing the Hidatsa on an unratified treaty dated  27 July 1866. 

An artistic and intimate portrait.

References

Michael W. Stevens. Biographical Dictionary of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. (2003). 

[Native Americans, Lakota, Dakota, Sioux, Plains Indians, Peace Medals, Presidential Peace Medals, Eagle Feather Fan, Calumet, Pipe Stem, Upper Missouri, Dakota Territory, American West, Frontier History] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Stereoviews, Stereographs, Albumen Prints, Stanley J. Morrow, Orlando S. Goff, Western Photographers]

Very good condition overall.  The prints feature outstanding tone and clarity. The yellow card mount is entirely intact, showing only light corner softening, faint peripheral age toning, and minor paper loss along the upper dividing margin between the prints as made. Mount verso clean and unprinted.