Powerful portrait of Rain in the Face, the Lakota warrior reputed in some historical accounts to have played a key role in the death of General George A. Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Photographed by W. R. Cross of Hot Springs, South Dakota, the image presents Rain in the Face in half-length view, wearing a long-sleeved shirt with beaded adornments and a scarf, his hair draped with otter fur wraps and feathers, framed within a floral vignette backdrop. The card is numbered “642” in the lower margin with the caption: “Rain in the Face, Slayer of Gen. Geo. A. Custer.”

The reverse is printed with the ornate imprint of Cross's studio, promoting his “Portrait & View Photographer” services, two blocks south of the Minnekahta Hotel on Chicago Avenue in Hot Springs. Rain in the Face was a prominent Hunkpapa Lakota chief and warrior. Though he denied killing Custer himself, his name became inseparable from Custer’s legacy in both Anglo and Native oral traditions. Cabinet cards by Cross of notable Native leaders are increasingly scarce, especially those with such direct association to the Little Bighorn narrative.