A View of the Butte Des Morts Treaty Ground; With the Arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny, from The Aboriginal Portfolio

Art Historical Context

Step into the historical drama captured in *A View of the Butte Dess Treaty Ground; With the Arrival of the Commissioners Gov Lewis Cass and Col.Kenny*, a striking 1835 lithographic print by James Otto Lewis Part of the pioneering *Aboriginal Portfolio*, this graphic arts work vividly portrays the pivotal moment when U.S. government officials Lewis Cass, the Michigan Territory governor, and Colonel Thomas L. McKenney arrive at the treaty site near modern-day Wisconsin. Lewis, a self-taught artist and traveler, sketched these scenes firsthand from gatherings like the 1827 Treaty of Butte des Mo...