Mouth of the Big Sioux River

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mouth of the Big Sioux River

Date

May 8, 1833

Dimensions

8 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (22.5 × 37.8 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.155

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The Yellow Stone reached the mouth of the Big Sioux River early on the morning of May 8. Dated this day is Bodmer's watercolor sketch of the confluence of the Big Sioux with the Missouri below present Sioux City, Iowa. Near the mouth of the Vermillion River on May 10, steamer passengers had their first glimpse of a beaver lodge. On May 11 several Indians came aboard the Yellow Stone; they disembarked the following day at the Ponca village below the mouth of the Niobrara.

References in Journal

May 8, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Confluence of Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers; Sioux City, Iowa