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1. Worship of the Sun

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1852
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a Native American ceremony.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

2. Valley of the St. Peters, Minnesota

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1841 - 1855
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a view of the Minnesota River Valley.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

3. Traverse des Sioux Treaty site and log cabin, St. Peter, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1935?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Traverse des Sioux Treaty site and log cabin, St. Peter, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1949
Description:
This image shows the rock that marks the site of the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851. Members of the St. Peter D. A. R. arranged for the rock to be brought to the site. With an attached plaque, the rock was dedicated in 1914. A log cabin is shown to the east of the rock. This postcard negative, marked 459, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

5. Traverse des Sioux Treaty site and log cabin, St. Peter, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1949
Description:
This image shows the marker and the log cabin that were located at the site of the signing of the 1851 Treaty of Travere des Sioux, north of St. Peter. The cabin, brought from the C. J. Edoff farm, was dedicated in 1931. This postcard negative, marked 1449, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

6. Striking the Post

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1853
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows a Native American activity in which a number of men are involved.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

7. Spearing Fish from a Canoe

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

8. Scalp Dance of the Dakotas

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

9. Portrait of Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, also known as Hole in the Day, an Ojibway Native American, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Creator:
Whitney, Joel E., 1822-1886
Date Created:
1862?
Description:
This is a photograph of Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, also known as Hole in the Day, an Ojibway Native American. The photograph was taken in the studio of St. Paul photographer Joel E. Whitney. The photograph was purchased in 1862 by a woman from Indiana.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

10. Portrait of John Otherday, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Creator:
Whitney, Joel E., 1822-1886
Date Created:
1862?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Medicine Dance of the Winnebagoes

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows a medicine dance performed by members of the Winnebago tribe.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

12. Letter from Lieutenant Thomas van Etten, Quartermaster at Fort Ridgely, February 11, 1863

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Creator:
van Etten, Thomas
Date Created:
1863-02-11
Description:
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1863 letter from St. Peter, Minnesota. Van Etten was stationed at Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County, and was serving as the fort's quartermaster. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

13. Letter from Lieutenant Thomas van Etten describing the Battle of Birch Coulee

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Creator:
van Etten, Thomas
Date Created:
1862-10-05
Description:
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1862 letter from Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. Lt. van Etten participated in the Battle of Birch Coulee and described the battle in the letter. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

14. Indian women Playing the Game of Plum Stones

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1847
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

15. Indian Woman Dressing a Buffalo Skin

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

16. Indian Sugar Camp

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows Native Americans tapping trees and making sugar.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

17. Indians Travelling

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1853?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows Native Americans moving with their belongings to a new location.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

18. Indian Shooting Fish

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. A Native American is shown as he is catching fish by using a bow and arrow.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

19. Indian Doctor Concocting a Pot of Medicine

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1855
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

20. Hunting the Buffalo in Winter

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850?
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. Two Native American men on snowshoes are shown hunting buffalo.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

21. Emigrants Attacked by the Comanches

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1847
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

22. Dog Dance of the Dahcotas

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

23. Dakota Native Americans and Dr. Thomas Williamson near the Upper Sioux Agency, Minnesota

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Creator:
Whitney, Joel E., 1822-1886
Date Created:
1862
Description:
This photograph shows several Dakota Native Americans and Dr. Thomas Williamson at his home near the Upper Sioux Agency in 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Dakotah Village

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1841 - 1855
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows several dwellings of the Dakota people.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

25. Dakota Encampment

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Creator:
Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
Date Created:
1850
Description:
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a Dakota campsite along a body of water.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)
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