Ponca Camp

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Ponca Camp

Date

May 1833

Dimensions

6 1/16 × 9 7/8 in. (15.4 × 25.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.156

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The Poncas encountered on May 11 were taken on the Yellow Stone to their people on the following day. Located near Bazile Creek, their camp consisted of eight or nine tipis, some of which are evident in the center of this watercolor sketch. In the foreground a boat from the Yellow Stone carries the three Ponca men to a sandbank where the camp inhabitants await them. Maximilian described this scene as a lively one, full of curious children and adults wrapped in furs or blankets. A more detailed rendering was reproduced as Vignette XI in the atlas of aquatints.

References in Journal

May 11, 1833

Labels:

structure , Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Ponca Indian Camp, Bazile Creek, Nebraska