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Council at Medicine Creek lodge with the Kiowa and Comanche Indians

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Call NumberZ-4076CreatorHowland, John Dare, 1843-1914.Date1860-1870SummaryNative American men (Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, Arapahoe, Cheyenne) stand or sit beneath an arch shelter made of trees, during a peace treaty council meeting at Medicine Lodge in Barber County, Kansas. Men in military uniforms or suits and hats sit in the circle. A distant view of the camp shows women and men, tepees, covered wagons, and horses.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 27 x 38 cm (11 x 15 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Government relations--Kansas--Medicine Lodge--19th centuryMedicine Lodge (Kan.)--19th centuryIndian encampments--Kansas--Medicine Lodge--19th centuryPeace conferences--Kansas--Medicine Lodge--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004076Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesArticle attached to tear sheet describes the Indian peace treaty. Tear sheet consists of page 724, removed from Harper's weekly. Title printed on tear sheet. R7110040760Languageeng

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