"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"

Alternate Title(s):Chief Santanta passed the peace-pipe to General Sherman and said: "My great white brothers."

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1916

Dimensions:

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known by reproduction only

Accession number: SUPP2000.1683

Research Number: NCW: 1683

InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)

References William F. Cody, An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1920), illustration f. p. 86; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 260; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.648, p. 340, 341

Curatorial RemarksIn the 1920 edition of Cody's autobiography, this image was cropped on the right and left sides to make a picture that would fit the proportions of the book page.

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed image

Photo Credit:Courtesy Smith College

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"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"

N.C. Wyeth

"My great white brothers," said Chief Santanta, after loading the peace-pipe and passing it to General Sherman, "I welcome you to my camp and to my people!"