Butte des Morts, Winnebago County, Wis., 1827.

Butte des Morts treaty grounds at the time of the arrival of Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenney. Copied from a lithograph after a painting by James Otto Lewis, a Philadelphian of German descent who accompanied Gov. Lewis Cass on his western tours to make treaties with the Indians.


Image of Butte des Morts
From the copy owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Visual Archives: Album 2.13