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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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Attacking the Grizzly Bear

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback trying to kill a bear (Plate 19).

"The preliminaries of the hunt for the Grizzly Bear having been settled in the manner described in...

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Antelope Shooting

Date: 1844
Description: Indian with rifle in prone position hunting antelope (Plate 20).

"The antelope of the prairies and Rocky Mountains of America, which I believe to be diff...

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Ball-Play Dance

Date: 1844
Description: Choctaw Indians performing dance (Plate 22).

"As I have mentioned in former pages that for nearly all their hunts, wars, or games, the events of which th...

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Ball Play

Date: 1844
Description: Large group of Indians engaged in the game of lacrosse (Plate 23).

"Having in the two former illustrations and their chapters, explained to the readers t...

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Archery of the Mandans

Date: 1844
Description: Mandan Indians engaged in archery competition (Plate 24).

"The meeting represented here is something like that of an Archery Club in the civilized world,...

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French Arrive at Port Royal

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from the Laudonnière Expedition in South Carolina, ca. 1564.
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Spanish and French Battle

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1567.
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The Abduction of Pocahontas by Captain Argall

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1610.
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Pocahontas Is Visited by Her Brothers

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Jamestown Settlement in which the brothers of Pocahontas visit her.
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Chicahominys Become "New Englishmen"

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614. The Chickahominy tribe's proximity to Jamestown meant they had early contact with the English....
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English Hawking and Fishing in Virginia

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement, ca. 1620.
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A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 41. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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A View of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 45. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Native of Oonalashka, and Their Habitations

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 57. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Wisconsin Western Railroad Pass

Date: 1900
Description: Pass # 258 issued to General Manager Charles Lapham by the Wisconsin Western Railroad for the year 1900.
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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1928
Description: "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr...
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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1906
Description: Promotional brochure for the Wisconsin Dells (then known as Kilbourn) issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The railroad illustrated many of...
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View of Jerusalem, the Holy City & Suburbs

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Description: Bird's-eye view of Jerusalem with the Muslim shrine, the Dome of the Rock, as seen from the hills outside the city.

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