The Southern Plains delegation during the Civil War, 1863

The Southern Plains delegation, in the White House Conservatory during the Civil War on March 27, 1863. The interpreter William Simpson Smith and the agent Samuel G. Colley are standing at the left of the group; the white woman standing at the far right is often identified as Mary Todd Lincoln. The Indians in the front row are: War Bonnet, Standing in the Water, and Lean Bear of the Cheyenne's, and Yellow Wolf of the Kiowas. Yellow Wolf is wearing the Thomas Jefferson peace medal that aroused such interest. The identities of the Indians of the second row are unknown.