Kaposia Village (1851) - A drawing of a teepee in a village
Summary
In 1851, Frank Blackwell Mayer traveled to Minnesota Territory to attend the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux between the Dakota and the U.S. government, and was invited by missionary Dr. Thomas Smith Williamson to visit his residence at Kaposia (also known as Little Crow's village), which was "situated on a small piece of bottom land which intervenes between the bluffs & the Mississippi river."
Date
1851
Source
Sioux Indian drawings and oil paintings, 1851-1886
Copyright info
public domain