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Buffalo Hunting
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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)
1844
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
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Buffalo Hunt, Chase
1844
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 described above; and thus converting it to hi...
Buffalo Hunt, Chase
1844
Indians on foot and horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 7)."The buffalo is a harmless and timid animal until severely wounded, or closely pursued, when it often turns upon horse and rider with a gre...
Catching the Wild Horse
1844
Indians on foot and horseback capturing wild horses (Plate 4)."Taking the wild horse and breaking him down is one of the proudest feats of the Indian and requires the sudden rallying and desperate ...
Indian Man on Horseback Hunting Buffalo
circa 1830-1839
Watercolor of an Indian hunting buffalo while riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow. The buffalo being hunted has one arrow in its side.
Buffalo Hunt, Chase
1844
Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 6)."In this Plate, representing a numerous group in motion, and closely pursued by a party of Indians, with Lances and Bows, there is a fair illustrati...
Buffalo Hunt, Surround
1844
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, cautiously encompassed the grazing herd, by...
