Choctaw pipe smoked by Chief Greenwood LeFlore at signing of Dancing Rabbit Treaty, 1830

Item — Folder: Choctaw.12

Identifier: 4336.3841a-b

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Description

2 copies of this photograph exist in the Gilcrease Photograph Collection Folder 12

Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Choctaw Pipe smoked by Chief greenwood Le Flore at signing of Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty 1830. It is beleived that this pipe had belonged to the Choctaws for as long as 500 years, being handed down from one chief to the next." on verso

Dates

1830

Creator

Unidentified (Photographer, Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English

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