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Dakota Leader Wahbasha's Village on the Mississippi River

Wabasha's village, c.1845 on lands which were ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Mendota.

Pilots Knob. Mouth of the St. Peters River

Pilot Knob Mouth of the St. Peters River

Pilot Knob, c.1846–1848, where the Treaty of Mendota was signed on August 5, 1851.

Taoyateduta (Little Crow IV)

Dakota Leader Taoyateduta (Little Crow IV) sketched at Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota Territory, in 1851 by artist Frank Blackwell Mayer.

Mendota from Fort Snelling

Oil-on-canvas painting depicting a view of Mendota from Fort Snelling, 1848. Painting by Seth Eastman.

The Treaty of Mendota was signed by the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of Dakota and the US government in 1851. By signing it and the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux the same year, the Dakota transferred ownership of much of their lands to the United States. The two treaties opened millions of acres to white colonization, but for the Dakota, they were a step towards the loss of their homeland and the US–Dakota War of 1862.

Painting depicting Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes in 1679.

"Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes - 1679"

"Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes - 1679." Painted by artist Francis Lee Jaques, c.1922.

Greysolon, Daniel, Sieur du Lhut (c.1639–1710)

Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (also known as du Luth), was born in Lyons, France, around 1639. A nobleman who quickly rose to prominence in the French royal court, he traveled to New France (Quebec, Canada) in 1674 at the age of thirty-eight to command the French marines in Montreal.