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Buffalo Hunting
![North American Indians on horseback during a buffalo hunt. "In [this plate], I have represented a party of Indians in chase of a herd, some of whom are pursuing with lance and others with bows and arrows. The group in the foreground shews the attitude at the instant after the arrow has been thrown and driven to the heart; the Indian at full speed, and the laso dragging behind his horse's heels. The laso is a long thong of rawhide, of ten of fifteen yards in length, made of several braids or twists, and used chiefly to catch the wild horse, which is done by throwing over their necks a noose with is made at the end of the laso, with which they are `choked down.'" (Plate 30)](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700099990835/9999011698-l.jpg "Buffalo Hunting")
| North American Indians on horseback during a buffalo hunt. "In [this plate], I have represented a party of Indians in chase of a herd, some of whom are pursuing with lance and others with bows and arrows. The group in the foreground shews the attitude at the instant after the arrow has been thrown and driven to the heart; the Indian at full speed, and the laso dragging behind his horse's heels. The laso is a long thong of rawhide, of ten of fifteen yards in length, made of several braids or twists, and used chiefly to catch the wild horse, which is done by throwing over their necks a noose with is made at the end of the laso, with which they are `choked down.'" (Plate 30) |
| Image ID: | 69161 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1844 |
| Creator Name: | Catlin, George |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 348.30 (3) |
| Original Dimensions: | 18 x 12 inches |
| Catlin's North American Indian portfolio; hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America... London, George Catlin [after 1844]. 31 hand-colored lithographs, in portfolio. Full-length portraits of Indians, Indian dances, games and buffalo and bear hunts. |
| Buffaloes |
| Painting |
| Clothing and dress |
| Landscape |
| Men |
| Horsemanship |
| Hunting |
| Weapons |
| Horses |
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