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Wilkins 12: Fort Childs or New Fort Kearny

Date: 1849
Description: Fort Childs or New Fort Kearny in Nebraska Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the ...
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Wilkins 11: The Deserted Pawnee Village

Date: 05 1849
Description: Deserted Pawnee village in Nebraska. Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon...
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Wilkins 10: Old Fort Kearney

Date: 05 1849
Description: Old Fort Kearney (Nebraska City). Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Tr...
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Sioux Tepees

Date: 1898
Description: Sioux tepees at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Apaches

Date: 1898
Description: Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Apaches

Date: 1898
Description: Apaches at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Sauk-Foxes

Date: 1898
Description: Sauk-Foxes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Indian Dance

Date: 1898
Description: The opening dance of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Captain Joseph Black Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Captain Joseph Black Eagle (Waubli Sapa), Sioux, with a man and a woman at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Dr. War Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Dr. War Eagle shoots at a target using a bow and arrow at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Indian Woman Cooking

Date: 1898
Description: A woman prepares a meal at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Shooting at Pennies

Date: 1898
Description: Children shoot at pennies with arrows at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Withertail, Sioux Chief

Date: 1898
Description: Withertail, a Sioux Chief, at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. He is sitting outdoors in front of a tipi.
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Chippewa Chief

Date: 1898
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Sioux

Date: 1898
Description: A Sioux man at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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William Arthur Jones

Date: 1898
Description: Waist-up portrait of William Arthur Jones, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1897-1905.
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Wilkins 21: Black Hills

Date: 06 20 1849
Description: The Black Hills sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
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Wilkins 22: Red Hills

Date: 06 30 1849
Description: The Red Hills sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).

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