Inscribed on a paper attached to dust cover, "Old Coyote (underlined) Cheyenne - 1898
Lame Deer, Mont., in pencil on dust cover on verso; 1898 Old Coyote, Cheyenne Custer Battle, and many others - A great fighter in younger days- Has his old war paint on for the portrait - Imprint of hand on shirt represents blood of enemy, or power" on verso