The old log cabin at the site of the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851 and the boulder that marks the exact location are shown in this postcard. The view looks toward the east.
This is a photograph of John Otherday, whose Dakota name was Ampatutokacha. Called Good Sounding Voice when he was young, he was born in the vicinity of Swan Lake in Nicollet County about 1819.