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Indians Hunting the Bison

Date: 1832
Description: Indians on horseback hunting bison.
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Buffalo Hunt, Chase

Date: 1844
Description: Indian on horseback hunting buffalo with bow and arrow (Plate 5).

"In this picture we have the Indian mounted his wild horse, he is captured in the mode ...

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Buffalo Hunt, Chase

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 6).

"In this Plate, representing a numerous group in motion, and closely pursued by a party of Indians, wit...

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Buffalo Hunt, Chase

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on foot and horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 7).

"The buffalo is a harmless and timid animal until severely wounded, or closely pursued, when i...

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Buffalo Hunt, Surround

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 9).

"Some sixty or seventy young men, all mounted on their wild horses, and armed with bows and lances only...

Poster

Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine

Date: 1844
Description: Hunters using rifles to kill buffalo (Plate 11).

"This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practiced by all the voyageurs on the Missou...

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Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back

Date: 1844
Description: Buffalo chasing hunter with rifle on horseback (Plate 12).

"The wounded and chafed bull often turns upon its assailant, and runs him back, over the whole...

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Buffalo Hunt, On Snow Shoes

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes immobilized by snow (Plate 15).

"In this plate is illustrated the mode alluded to in the preceding page, of the In...

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Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes trapped in snow (Plate 17).

"In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which...

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Buffalo Hunting

Date: 1844
Description: 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 pur...
Photograph

Buffalo Hunting

Date: 1907
Description: Depiction of Native Americans buffalo hunting in North Dakota on horseback. A copy of a painting, possibly from 1907. Caption reads: "Buffalo Hunting in th...
Photograph

"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Rodeo producer, Verne Elliott (1890-1962) rides a bucking buffalo at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. In the background are observers on horseback.
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Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...

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