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Indians Killing Buffalo in the Missouri River
Indians Killing Buffalo in the Missouri River

Indians Killing Buffalo in the Missouri River

Artist/Maker William de la Montagne Cary United States, 1840 - 1922
Date1874
MediumHand Colored Wood Engraving
Dimensionsimage: 9 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (23.2 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2001.167.002
ClassificationsPrint
On View
Not on view
DescriptionNative Americans swimming and in canoes chasing swimming buffaloes in the river. First Published in Harper's Weekly the week of May 16,1874 along with an article titled "Buffalo Hunt in the Missouri."
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