Adrian Ebell; published by Whitney’s Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Negative dated August 17, 1862.

Stereoview of Dakota men, women, and children with members of the Williamson household outside the mission house near Yellow Medicine, Minnesota. The group stands before a picket fence and a two-story clapboard building. Blankets, patterned dresses, a dark suit, and a child’s buttoned coat distinguish the figures, while the man near the center holds a bow and arrows.

The mount is imprinted "From Whitney’s Gallery, 174 Third St., St. Paul, Minn." A printed label on the reverse identifies the view as No. 69, "Indians at Mission House on the Day of the Indian ‘Outbreak’ of 1862," and describes the subsequent flight of the mission’s inhabitants. The Minnesota Historical Society dates Ebell’s photograph to August 17, 1862, the day before the U.S.–Dakota War began.

Within days of Ebell’s visit, the Williamson family fled the mission with help from Dakota members of their church. Among those who assisted them was Robert Hopkins (Caskedan), pictured here with the family and other members of the mission community. After the war, a military commission sentenced Hopkins to death. Jane Williamson, also present in the photograph, wrote to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf, helping secure a stay of execution; Lincoln later pardoned him.