Front:
CODY,
W25USA
17
1990
82414
Cheyenne
Back:
CHEYENNE
First Day of Issue: August 17, 1990
First Issue Location: Cody, Wyoming
For the Cheyenne, as for all Indians, the elaborate feath-
ered headdress was a symbol of immense power and
great medicine. Those who wore it were the recipients of
that power. One such Cheyenne warrior was the mighty
Bat — known as Roman Nose to the whites — who stood
six-foot, three-inches tall and was thought to be invin-
cible in battle. Roman Nose wore a magic headdress so
powerful that whenever Roman Nose wore it into battle,
he was untouchable; bullets and arrows whizzed past
him time and again. The huge man delighted in proving
his prowess, loping on his horse casually across the
enemy's line of fire without harm. However, the medicine
of this headdress was neutralized if Roman Nose hap-
pened to eat anything served with an iron instrument.
Accordingly, he diligently avoided the white man's uten-
sils. But on the eve of a battle with fifty frontiersmen in
1868, he accidentally ate a piece of bread taken from a
skillet with a fork. The next day, Roman Nose was
mortally wounded on the battlefield.
No. 90-29
©1990 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
® Original painting by Tom McNeely
