Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Portrait of North American Indians (Plate 1). "The group in Plate No. 1 is composed of three Portraits from my collection, representing three different t... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Depiction of a buffalo on the plains (Plate 2). "This noble animal, which is the largest and most formidable of the ruminating species, existing in North... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Horses cavorting on the plains (Plate 3). "Next in importance to the buffalo, for the use of man, is the horse, which is found joint-occupant with the In... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | 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 an... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Ceremonial Indian dance (Plate 8). "All tribes have their medicine songs particular for the hunting of each animal they choose to go in pursuit of, and b... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | A buffalo surrounded by wolves (Plate 10). "There are several varieties of the wolf species on the American prairies, the most numerous and formidable of... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Indians disguised as wolves hunting buffaloes (Plate 13). "Of the white wolf and its habits I have given an account in Plate 10, and although these anima... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Indian dance on snowshoes. (Plate 14). "In the northern latitudes of America, where the winters are long and very severe, from the heavy falls of snow wh... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Buffalo wounded by spear or arrow in the snow (Plate 16). "The reader has here, a striking illustration of the deadly effects of the Indian's arrow, and ... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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Description: | Indian dance, with some wearing bear masks (Plate 18). "Next in importance to the buffalo hunts, and not less exciting and spirited in its character, is ... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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... |
Date: | 1844 |
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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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