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Dacotah [sic] Territory, Fort Thompson

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Call NumberZ-3825CreatorNairn, John, illustrator.Date1860-1870SummaryNative Americans (Lakota and Winnebago) camp outside the fence at Fort Thompson, Dakota Territory (later Buffalo County, South Dakota). Shows tepees, a wagon and a man on horseback at the camp. A U.S. flag on a flagpole is at the fenced fort beside frame buildings. The Missouri River and mountains are in the distance.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 15 x 25 cm (5 1/2 x 10 in.) mounted on mat board.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Structures--South Dakota--Fort Thompson--19th centuryBuffalo County (S.D.)--19th centuryFort Thompson (S.D. : Fort)--19th centuryForts & fortifications--South Dakota--Fort Thompson--19th centuryTipis--South Dakota--Fort Thompson--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003825; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialClippingsWood engravingsNotesClipping consists of part of page 676, removed from Harper's weekly. Title, "on the upper Missouri River, built for the Sioux and Winnebago Agency" and attribution printed on clipping. R7110038250

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