Dacotah Encampment, 1849-1855, Seth Eastman, American, 1808–1875, 7 × 10 in. (17.78 × 25.4 cm) (image)10 × 13 3/16 in. (25.4 × 33.5 cm) (sheet), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, Before Captain Eastman’s long residence at Fort Snelling, he was posted there briefly in 1830 as a 22-year-old lieutenant. Within a year, he had married a Dakota chief’s daughter, Wakaninajinwin, or Stands Sacred, and had a daughter, known as Nancy Eastman. Although Eastman would return to the fort ten years later with a new wife, this early union undoubtedly opened him to the domestic side of Dakota life. Here he records small everyday activities against a sea of tipis, all constructed by women.
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