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title: Cheyenne Courting Scenes
author: Big Back, Cheyenne Artist
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19266/cheyenne-courting-scenes/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2024-07-31
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# Cheyenne Courting Scenes
_Authored by Big Back, Cheyenne Artist_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19266.jpeg)
## Image Caption
[Cheyenne](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cheyenne/) courting scenes by the Cheyenne artist Big Back, c. 1882. The scenes depict the sort of courtship ritual and acceptance of a proposed marriage as touched on in the [Ehyophsta Legend](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2508/ehyophsta-legend/) of the Cheyenne when Coyote Man offers his daughter in marriage to the two young men.
Illustration from *Our wild Indians; thirty-three years' personal experience among the red men of the great West* by Richard Irving Dodge, A. D. Worthington and Company, 1882, Hartford, Conn.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Artist, B. B. C. (2024, July 31). Cheyenne Courting Scenes. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Artist, Big Back, Cheyenne. "Cheyenne Courting Scenes." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 31, 2024. .
### MLA
Artist, Big Back, Cheyenne. "Cheyenne Courting Scenes." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Jul 2024, .
## License & Copyright
This content comes from a public domain book whose copyright has expired. [Original image](https://archive.org/details/indiansourwildth00dodgrich/page/412/mode/2up?q=courting) by [**Big Back, Cheyenne Artist**](https://archive.org/details/indiansourwildth00dodgrich/page/412/mode/2up?q=courting). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 31 July 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.