With pen and pencil on the frontier in 1851; the diary and sketches of Frank Blackwell Mayer. / Edited with an introduction and notes by Bertha L. Heilbron, assistant editor, Minnesota Historical Society.
Frank B. Mayer, a Baltimore artist, journeyed to Traverse de Sioux and Mendota on the Minnesota frontier in 1851 to record meetings between United States officials and Indian tribes who were ceding title to much of Southern Minnesota and portions of Iowa and Dakota. This volume contains the journal entries and sketches Mayer made on his travels. They provide a descriptive and visual record of Native American life as he saw it, particularly among the Sioux. Mayer includes sketches of lacrosse, child rearing practices, smoking the peace pipe, buffalo dancers, teepees and summer lodges, and portraits of prominent chieftains. There are also sketches of voyageurs and a variety of artifacts and military personalities connected with this chapter of Minnesota history. The materials in this book have been selected from larger holdings at the Newberry Library and do not illustrate the actual treaty signings. Mayer himself acquired a distinguished reputation as an artist and writer. Several of his paintings adorn the Maryland statehouse, and he wrote a number of illustrated articles for Harper's and Scribner's magazines.
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- Physical Description: xii pages, 1 leaf, 214 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, plates, portraits ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Saint Paul : The Minnesota Historical Society, 1932.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Down the Ohio to Cincinnati -- Art in the queen city of the west -- The mammoth cave of Kentucky -- By stage and boat to St. Louis -- On the Missouri forntier -- Up the Mississippi to St. Paul -- Indian life at Kaposia -- Social life at old Fort Snelling -- Caming at Traverse des Sioux -- Half-breeds and Indians -- Sioux gods and men. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. |
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