Photo: "My heart, I admit, is ever with the Indians."

Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 22, 2017
Caption: "My heart, I admit, is ever with the Indians."
Additional Description: Captions: (lower left) Indian delegation on visit to President Andrew Johnson at White House, 1867. Present: Large Sioux delegation, Sac Tribal Chief Keokuk, Present Andrew Johnson, Indian Commissionere Lewis Bogy, and Father De Smet.; (upper center) Chief Sitting Bull wearing a crucifix presented to him by De Smet.; (center right) This watercolor by Matthew Hastings, "De Smet Meets Indian Bands" depicts an event which De Smet regarded as one of his most important achievements when he rode into the Powder River camp of the Sioux in 1868 to meet Sitting Bull and his leaders with the hope of making a peace treaty. This meeting culminated in the signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie.; (bottom center) Mission of the Sacred Heart (Cataldo Mission), Idaho 1920.
Submitted: August 10, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p393570
File Size: 3.563 Megabytes

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