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Wilkins 42: Fort Bridger

Date: 07 25 1849
Description: Fort Bridger in Wyoming, with wagon parts and teepees, where Wilkins camped for a night; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to Califo...
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in battle. Two horses, one with a rider dressed entirely in black.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one on horseback with a spear or coup stick.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one on horseback.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one leading a horse.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat. One horse.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Three men, two on horseback riding in opposite directions. Third standing, firing a gun.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men, two horses, one ridden by one of the men.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men, one prone, the other touching him with what may be a coup stick.
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Comanche Combat

Date: 09 1890
Description: Combat between a Comanche (left) and a Kiowa (right) done by a Comanche boy, at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Oklahoma.
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French Fur Traders at La Baye

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Description: Several French fur traders negotiating with native Indians at La Baye.
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Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory

Date: 1852
Description: Landscape view of Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory from a nearby hill showing the Fort, the Mississippi river, the countryside, farm buildings and tipis....
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Fortification on Hurricane Creek

Date: 1806
Description: Prehistoric Indian fortification on Hurricane Creek.
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The Old French Post Near Trempealeau

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Description: Drawing, with watercolor added, of a French fort next to a body of water with a large hill in the background. There are canoes at the water's edge. Structu...
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Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac Champlain

Date: 1609
Description: Illustration of an elevated view of a battle between Iroquois tribe and French on the banks of river. The Iroquois are unclothed and armed with bows and ar...
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Third Fight with the Iroquois

Date: 1615
Description: Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f...
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Depictions of Algonquian Individuals

Date: 1615
Description: Drawings of four Native Americans. A and C are dressed for combat. B appears to be a woman carrying and nursing an infant, and D is wearing winter garb, in...

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