Camp at Traverse des Sioux

This drawing was done by Frank Mayer in July, 1851. Mayer camped with the government delegation of treaty negotiators at Traverse des Sioux. He described the camp in his diary:

Our camp consisting of several tents and tepees commands a view of St. Peters’ river, the prairie with its numerous lodges, the trading &mission houses and the surrounding country, & is tenanted by the commissioners & their officers & a motley collection of Frenchmen and half-breeds, traders, interpreters, voyageurs & trappers. . . .