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Image of seven Sioux Indian Chiefs, part of the 1891 Washington, D.C. Treaty Delegation. Shown are Chiefs High Hawk, Little Wound, Big Road, Two Strike, Fire Lightning, Young Man Afraid of His Horses and Spotted Elk.

Wear as shown, measures 5" x 8" and has a T. A. Thompson, photographer, Denver, Colorado back mark.

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"The Lakota Sioux leaders signed a "peace treaty" following the December 1890 massacre of Spotted Elks encampment of Miniconjon and Hunkpapa Lakota at Wounded Knee, SD. The Sioux leader delegation portrait features, from left to right: 1) High Hawk (Oglalla Lakota Sioux), 2) Little Wound ( Oglalla Lakota Sioux), 3) Big Road ( Oglalla Lakota Sioux), 4)Two Strike (Brule' Lakota Sioux), 5) Fire Lightning ( Oglalla Lakota Sioux), 6) Young-Man-Afraid-of-Horse ( Oglalla Lakota Sioux), and 7) Spotted Elk (Miniconjon Lakota Sioux)."

"On Jan. 14, 1891, General Nelson Miles received permission to send a delegation of Indians to Washington, DC The first group arrived on January 29 and were joined by the rest of the delegation on February 1. They spent a week sightseeing and purchased new suits at Saks, which were worn for the official delegation portrait. The full delegation met with John W. Noble, secretary of the interior, and Thomas J. Morgan, the commissioner of Indian affairs. They expressed concerns ranging from the army's actions at Wounded Knee to treaty obligations unfulfilled by the government." "On the 29th (of January), a delegation of Sioux chiefs, under charge of Agent Lewis, arrived in Washington for the purpose of conferring with the Secretary of the Interior. The conference began on Feb. 7, and continued four days, at the close of which the Indians were received by President Harrison at the White House. They were assured that the cutting down of the congressional appropriation was an accident, and that the government desired faithfully to carry out every agreement made. On their return home the chiefs stopped for a short time at Carlisle, Pa., w the children of several of them were attending school."