https://www.mhaynesart.com/charlotte-stowe daily 0.75 2016-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950758632-NAZO8MNX0YD4IEMV9UF6/1.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://www.mhaynesart.com/painting1 daily 0.75 2018-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517253552813-JOB3F0WLTAZYVRDA48ZH/Apache_splashpage.jpg First Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517253552813-JOB3F0WLTAZYVRDA48ZH/Apache_splashpage.jpg First Painting https://www.mhaynesart.com/lee-at-chancelorsville daily 0.75 2018-01-29 https://www.mhaynesart.com/western daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351678600-5EKACDK36S5U5ANBY25G/Bighorn_Cowboys.jpg Western - Bighorn Cowboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351678600-5EKACDK36S5U5ANBY25G/Bighorn_Cowboys.jpg Western - Bighorn Cowboys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351722860-YL9I4NI5JF9VIDQ6S3UA/Trailboss.png Western - Santa Fe Trail Boss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351778407-DBYTU3459T6HMLNS7PP4/Peacock_F.jpg Western - Peacock Feather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351831972-1L4H452NQW9GEPDVQXWE/Dragoon.png Western - Dragoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351897060-8G56TF8V5BK26T0M7RSF/Ouray_cowboy.png Western - Ouray Cowboy https://www.mhaynesart.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353558482-8MIVXRLCDWCBR4AJKBOT/CrowTools.png Still Lifes - Tools Of a Crow Warrior- 1840's The centerpiece of this painting is the Northwest Trade Gun, perhaps the most widely distributed gun among the plains Indians. These were distributed by the Hudson Bay Company, American Fur Company, the Mackinaw Company and others from the 1770's into the 1860's in exchange for furs. This well-worn example has been shortened for ease of use and large brass tacks applied as decoration. At some point the wrist of the stock has broken and been repaired with rawhide. The knife is resting on its sheath, which is beautifully decorated with very desirable blue trade beads and tin tinklers and a powder horn is attached to a fringed deer hide sling. The dangler hanging from the shaft of the pipe tomahawk is typically Crow in design and color choices. Red trade cloth trims the dangler and rawhide grip. The rawhide shield contained great protective powers to its owner. This is suggested by the large red bear paw shielding the smaller bear paws from the missiles at the top of the shield. The buffalo robe is painted with typical Crow designs as well as some of the exploits of its owner. The figures with the shocks of hair standing up are Crow and their enemies are depicted with long or no hair at all. Each set of figures tells a story of a particular encounter with the enemy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353558482-8MIVXRLCDWCBR4AJKBOT/CrowTools.png Still Lifes - Tools Of a Crow Warrior- 1840's The centerpiece of this painting is the Northwest Trade Gun, perhaps the most widely distributed gun among the plains Indians. These were distributed by the Hudson Bay Company, American Fur Company, the Mackinaw Company and others from the 1770's into the 1860's in exchange for furs. This well-worn example has been shortened for ease of use and large brass tacks applied as decoration. At some point the wrist of the stock has broken and been repaired with rawhide. The knife is resting on its sheath, which is beautifully decorated with very desirable blue trade beads and tin tinklers and a powder horn is attached to a fringed deer hide sling. The dangler hanging from the shaft of the pipe tomahawk is typically Crow in design and color choices. Red trade cloth trims the dangler and rawhide grip. The rawhide shield contained great protective powers to its owner. This is suggested by the large red bear paw shielding the smaller bear paws from the missiles at the top of the shield. The buffalo robe is painted with typical Crow designs as well as some of the exploits of its owner. The figures with the shocks of hair standing up are Crow and their enemies are depicted with long or no hair at all. Each set of figures tells a story of a particular encounter with the enemy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353648424-5DUA2S8KA6O6A14A1IUC/Feather-Octant.png Still Lifes - Feather, Octant and Map An octant is made of ebony wood, brass, ivory and glass and was aninvaluable tool used by Lewis and Clark to measure celestial objects and thus record their location on the earth. The feather laid over the octant is from an immature bald eagle and is decorated with dyed hair, hide and dyed porcupine quills and is taken from a calumet pipe. Calumet pipes were often offered in ceremonies by many of the tribes along the trail to initiate peace and diplomacy with Lewis and Clark. The octant was sometimes brought out by the officers to impress these same tribes. Without the tools and skills Lewis and Clark brought with them, the success of the expedition would have been in question. Without the aid and friendship of the tribes encountered along the way, the expedition would have failed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517452900801-90R3MQMXPN6JVDH59CI0/Kentucky.png Still Lifes - Kentuckian- 1780's Flintlock This painting is of a Kentucky pistol built about 1775- 1780. It was made using a British lock forged by Thomas Ketland and is leaning against a Golden Age style powder horn with an antler-tip primer. These Golden Age powder horns were often heavily carved and scrimshawed with maps, stylized animals or statements significant to the owner. The strap, trimmed with red trade cloth and white seed beads is a pattern commonly created by the woodland Indian tribes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517452778180-AW870BA7MMUSVES96K7J/1851Colt_P_Ex.png Still Lifes - Pony Express- 1851 Colt The weapon most commonly used by the Pony Express riders was the 1851 Colt Navy. The revolver, with its beautifully carved Slim Jim style holster is resting on a leather mochilla. These mochillas were made specifically for the Pony Express and had four leather lockable mail pouches sewn onto their surface. The mochilla allowed the mail to be transferred from one horse to another without changing saddles. There are three letters featured in the painting with actual Pony Express cancellation stamps and a US Postal stamp on them. To reduce weight, many riders carried an extra loaded cylinder for their pistol rather than an additional revolver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517452634032-AUD9ZTQO9VYITJ9USEY8/1860Colt.png Still Lifes - 1860 Colt Army The .44 caliber Colt Army was one of the sidearms most commonly issued to the cavalry during the Civil War. This particular pistol, with its ivory grips is a civilian model. This was only one of many options offered by Samuel Colt on this popular weapon. The cap and ball revolvers of the day required loose powder and lead balls or prepared cartridges of paper, foil or even animal hide. The ammunition was rammed into each chamber by the loading lever below the barrel. The Colt and its holster are resting on a Navajo style saddle blanket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517453132257-GZG7LRUX9HZHGFPLDIA3/1862Remington.png Still Lifes - U.S. CAVALRY- 1862 REMINGTON The 1862 Remington came in two calibers, .36 and .44 and was very popular with U.S. cavalrymen during the Civil War. As well as being a durable, accurate sidearm, the strong frame was believed to hold up better in a hand-to-hand encounter than many of its competitors. The pistol, with its holster and 1851 dragoon saber belt is resting on a Federal issue 1859 dragoon saddle blanket. These blankets were distinctive with their orange stripes woven into the indigo blue wool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517453232345-45BDQCZNSEFMCLLJGEG3/1870%27sColt.png Still Lifes - MONTANA COWBOY– 1870’S COLT CONVERSION With the harsh winters of Montana starting early and ending late, a favorite accessory of these hardy cowboys was a pair of Angora fur chaps. With an 1861 Colt Army cartridge conversion revolver and a beautifully tooled holster and belt, this cowboy was better prepared than most. The maker's stamp on the cartridge belt is 'Jos. Sullivan & Co. Ft. Benton MT.' https://www.mhaynesart.com/civil-war daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353832479-1COU7X4TWN4UUESR1W10/Stuart.png Civil War - JEB Stuart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353832479-1COU7X4TWN4UUESR1W10/Stuart.png Civil War - JEB Stuart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353893202-0RIT9BYFUW0T1DWARD6X/Nashville.png Civil War - Forty Miles To Nashville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353927622-ZQGBLDBX9XEVJKLL0IF1/Pvt.H_Moore.jpg Civil War - Pvt. Henry Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517353986953-DXFMYYMLLKAUHN74Q3T5/Cedartown.png Civil War - Cedartown https://www.mhaynesart.com/cw-painting-5 daily 0.75 2018-01-29 https://www.mhaynesart.com/lewis-clark daily 0.75 2018-01-29 https://www.mhaynesart.com/civilwar daily 0.75 2018-01-17 https://www.mhaynesart.com/lewisandclark daily 0.75 2018-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517346184963-ZSYRFAHGBTCSCBF2E4KV/Lewis_fulldress.png Lewis & Clark - Meriwether Lewis- Full Dress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517346184963-ZSYRFAHGBTCSCBF2E4KV/Lewis_fulldress.png Lewis & Clark - Meriwether Lewis- Full Dress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517344955906-KC5D4Y5YV9LGLZP9WV8G/Clark.png Lewis & Clark - William Clark - Full Dress Here is a paragraph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517415805293-G78W3XKBGKKNDYMK9JL9/Sacagawea.png Lewis & Clark - Sacagawea, 1805 Born about 1789 in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone. In the year 1800 she was captured by a raiding party of Hidatsa warrior and brought her back to their nation along the Knife River in what is today central North Dakota. Sacagawea was adopted into the Hidatsa tribe, and later given in marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader who lived among them. In this painting Sacagawea and her baby "Pomp" have been portrayed as she may have looked in the spring of 1805. Her attire includes some fine examples of ways in which Indian women used natural materials to accent their beauty. She is dressed in an early plains style dress made of two deerskins. The yoke of this dress is painted gold and is outlined with deer fur and accented with a deer’s tail on the front. The dress is an example of everyday working attire of the early style, few of which survive in museum collections. Sacagawea carries a wood and deer’s antler rake, a common tool among Hidatsa women, expert farmers who owned the fields they worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517416231444-OUU4HATZNQ3CMQNI4OTE/York.png Lewis & Clark - York, 1804 The only African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, York was also the only member who had no choice about whether or not he would go. As a slave, he was bound to do what he was told by his master, William Clark. It was said that York and William Clark grew up together, and were about the same age which would mean that York was born in Virginia about 1770, and was roughly 34 years old at the time the expedition began. The journals indicate that York was a large man, a little over-weight, and very strong. On November 23, 1805, when a decision was made about where the Corps would spend the winter, each member was given an equal vote, including York and Sacagawea. This incident may be the first recorded instance in American history of an African American voting. In the painting, York is shown as a proud hunter during the expedition as recorded in the journal entry of August 24, 1804. On that date Clark described York as carrying a small deer on his back and killing another for the stew pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517344375912-RP0OWMSTXOMHK6GDDAMP/Music.gif Lewis & Clark - Skritchity - Scritch - Stritch Here is a paragraphy about some things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517349016474-JKS6FLKAUU2VR36WF39J/Moreau.png Lewis & Clark - Moreau River 1804 The Moreau river scene shows the men in the morning as three hunters were sent out. The men I’ve chosen for the painting are Drouillard, looking at sign, and the Field brothers with the two horses the Corps had at the time. The Fields are in their issue hunting frocks, round hats and linen trousers with “gaithers”. They also would have been issued their rifles (I believe 1792 contract rifles), hunting bags and horns, and belts with scalping knives. These were all acquired at Harpers Ferry and are included in Lewis’ manifest. The orders for the period required the men to have short hair and be clean shaven. Drouillard was not military, but hired as a hunter so probably wouldn’t have been under the same uniform requirements. To their rear the men are tending a fire and “branding trees”, a task we know they worked on that morning. My guess is they used Lewis’ brand found in the Columbia river, or something similar. I’ve chosen to show them working on one of the massive Sycamores common in that day. They regularly grew to a size we would find almost impossible to believe today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517349361734-2F9UQVMORLS2VLE9UAO3/Dawn.png Lewis & Clark - Dawn Among the Cootonwoods, 1805 The first rays of the sun sparkle on frosted branches as the men of the Corps of Discovery labor to build the "pettyaugers" that will move them and their baggage upriver after the spring thaw. On February 28, 1805. At this point in the journey much of the men's clothing was probably in it's final stages of wearability. There were a limited quantity of the watch or blanket coats that were issued to the men for guard duty. Camping out and being away from the shelter of the fort, it's likely that this small detachment of men were issued all that were expendable. These coats were made from white, "point" blankets with blue stripes, collars and fold-down cuffs. The "points" were stripes that indicated the quality and size of the blanket. After working steadily through the end of February and into March the men manhandled the six finished pirogues about a mile and a half to the Missouri River where three were floated down to Ft. Mandan. The other three had to be carried the rest of the way due to ice choking the river. Once there, they were corked, pitched and tarred and prepared for the journey ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517349613365-P8MLH95FCNFC5EKWMD50/Dismal.png Lewis & Clark - Trade At Dismal Niche, 1805 Clark's journal entry of November 11, 1805 described the day as being "truly a disagreeable one". After days of rain and wind the Corps of Discovery was trapped on a wave-beaten stretch of shore just miles from the Pacific Ocean. Soaked to the skin, their leather clothing literally rotting off their backs, the members of the expedition huddled around fires for warmth. Unable to paddle forward or back because of the tremendous surf, they had been forced into a shallow bay ringed by steep, rain sodden hillsides that offered no protection. Stones, dislodged by the torrents of rain water from the hillsides above, fell on the crew. At high tide those that hadn't found shelter in the rocks and crevices were forced to sit and sleep on the massive logs that floated in clusters along the shoreline. Many became sick from the brackish water and the constant undulation of the logs, and there was the very real danger of being crushed between them. The crew had no clothing or supplies other than what they had with them. The food supply had been reduced to pounded fish. Clark was astonished to see a small canoe with five Indians paddle into the cove through "...tremendious waves brakeing with great violence against the Shores." These Indians were most likely Chinook, and their canoe was loaded with salmon. The Chinook traded 13 salmon for some fish hooks and other "trifling things", giving the men the first fresh food they'd tasted in days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517416519891-W0G17SH4MI09FYZ99THJ/Northern-Light.png Lewis & Clark - Northern Lights- Ft. Mandan Stumbling out of their tent after being awakened by the Sergeant of the Guard, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis stand awestruck below shifting curtains of light across the Northern sky. The early morning of November 6, 1804 was not the first time the men of the expedition had seen the aurora borealis but Clark described the scene in his journal entry of that day in much more detail than their earlier sighting. In this scene Lewis, Clark and the Sergeant of the Guard have stepped away from the lines of tents where they were living while the fort was being constructed to see more clearly above the tree line. Fort Mandan's first line of "huts" had been erected and puncheons were being split from the local cottonwoods to form the ceilings of the men's quarters. Work on raising the second line of huts had just begun the morning of the borealis. The appearance of the Northern Lights were another sign that the furious pace of construction on the fort had to continue in order to beat the first snows of the fast approaching Northern plains winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517347522025-DHSSIVSJ0VIJBQ1N1J54/Lewis-civ.png Lewis & Clark - Lewis- Civilian Clothes This full-length portrait of Meriwether Lewis shows the explorer in civilian clothes in Washington, D.C. just prior to his departure for the West. Lewis was known as somewhat of a dandy, and he is depicted wearing the newest fashions of the period. Skin tight white pantaloons contrast with his dark, high waisted, curved front riding coat with clawhammer tails. The most popular color for civilian coats in the United States during the early 19th century was dark blue, referred to in period documents as “the national color,” and complemented with a double row of brass buttons. Fashionable gentlemen wore Hessian boots with their scalloped tops and tassels. The army cockade on the far side of Lewis’ round hat indicates that although he is dressed in civilian attire he is an active-duty military officer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517345146646-ISQZWRHP8XK8F0AJN2L1/Clark_Peterson.png Lewis & Clark - Wm Clark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517347845749-LMEBUM7NLSCE71EFLBS9/Lewis_tel.png Lewis & Clark - Lewis- Telescope This is the way I believe Meriwether Lewis may have looked in present day Montana near the Continental Divide. He's wearing his military chapeau and has on an Indian style leather war shirt which has strips quilled in the Mandan fashion on each arm. The expedition sent back to President Jefferson a couple of these war shirts that they collected. He also has on a pair of undecorated, plains style 'mockersons' (Wm. Clark’s spelling). His linen overalls are well patched and stained. He mentioned in his journals that the first time he strapped on his knapsack was in the mountainous region in Montana. It's a military issue, New Invented Knapsack which was painted a brick red. His hunting equipment consists of a leather hunting bag, a powder horn with a carved and blackened spout and the rifle he was painted with in George St. Memin's post-expedition portrait. Perhaps the most interesting article he's holding is the spyglass. The Lewis family owned this English telescope until the early 1970's and believes it actually accompanied Lewis on the expedition. Its main tube is a beautiful honey colored wood with brass fittings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517416741277-ICL8QH72BJPGZMI7MX07/OrdwaysMast.png Lewis & Clark - Ordway's Mast, 1804 On June 4, 1804 William Clark recorded in his journal, “Our mast broke by the boat running under a tree.” His entry didn’t point out who had been to blame and it may easily have remained a mystery as none of the other journal writers did either except one. Sgt. John Ordway was more specific, “Our mast broke by my steering the boat (alone) near the shore,... the mast got fast in a limb of a sycamore tree & broke it very easy.” I feel this ability to assume responsibility may have been reflective of the conscientious manner with which Sgt. Ordway seemed to execute all his duties: faithfully and fully. This incident occurred very close to present day Jefferson City, Missouri and caused a delay as the necessary repairs were made. Up until this emergency they seem to have been enjoying a rare moment of sailing. Usually the massive keelboat had to be poled or cordelled up the river, a feat we can only marvel at today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517416889099-OVYI0E1ID9G9XOPY6RH5/Shooting.png Lewis & Clark - Shooting For the Red Leggings, 1804 One of the methods William Clark employed to build comradery among the disparate group of soldiers and frontiersmen that had been assembled at Camp River DuBois, was to allow a number of shooting matches between the men of the fort and groups of locals. There were three matches recorded that winter and Clark couldn’t have set up a better scenario. After losing the first match (and a gold coin put up by Clark as the prize) the men of the fort must have been humiliated. They were professional soldiers and woodsmen, handy with firearms and individually selected for their skills to form the Corps of Discovery yet they had lost to a group of country people, possibly farmers and French tradesmen. The men were eager to get their revenge. On January 16th, 1804, the men of the fort challenged the locals to a rematch. John Colter, Rueben Field, Peter Weiser and the rest were set to compete for the two prizes- a pair of leggings and their pride. Unwilling to suffer another defeat, the men of the Corps are anxious to make every shot count and Rueben Field does. It’s the best shot of the day and brings the leggings, and a renewed sense of pride, back into the fort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517420417454-E66EH846Q06PV15YWAXE/Sac%27sGift-.png Lewis & Clark - Sacagawea's First Gift, 1804 On November 11, 1804 as the men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition worked steadily to complete the construction of Fort Mandan before the coming Northern Plains winter, Toussaint Charbonneau and his two wives, both of the Snake nation, came to call. They came bear- ing gifts of “buffalow Robes”. This was most likely Lewis and Clark’s first encounter with the woman who would play a significant role in the success of the Expedition. Her name was Sacagawea, and she was at the beginning of an adventure that would shape a nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517420543558-CLEY0TO8Q8YSOO756RZB/Near-Miss.png Lewis & Clark - Near Miss, 1804 One of the greatest hazards that the men of the expedition encountered was the river itself. Constantly shifting currents, underwater snags and huge rafts of trees moving downriver made the bowman’s job one of constant alertness and labor. This scene depicts one of the moments when the keelboat was in danger of capsizing. The boat had hit a hidden sandbar and is tipping dangerously to larboard. The men are frantically attempting to keep her upright. Just as suddenly the sand boiled out from underneath righting the vessel and nearly pitching the men into the murky water. The 55 foot long keelboat was modified by Clark at Wood River to include storage lockers running the length of the gunwales. They may have had cleats or strips of wood laid on at intervals to give the men purchase while poling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517420645923-9XO487ZVBNFW1SQI1MKG/Red-Shirt.png Lewis & Clark - Red Shirt, 1804 The rain fell in sheets, wetting Sgt. John Ordway to the skin as he used the brow of a low ridge as a screen, in his quest to hunt bison. Feeling he had gone far enough, he raised up to his full height, only to come face to face with an enormous bison bull. Complicating matters was the fact that he was wearing a bright red shirt. Red was the color which wisdom said was the very worst to wave in front of an animal. The bull looked at him and walked toward him in a menacing way. Ordway raised his rifle and shot at the huge animal's head, grazing it and sending the bull. As Ordway tried to reload, the rain wetted and fouled his gun so badly that he decided to return to camp. https://www.mhaynesart.com/landscape daily 0.75 2012-10-07 https://www.mhaynesart.com/candice-whitman daily 0.75 2018-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517253927920-HGY4D1AE42HZLIMWZWD6/CW_Siege.jpg CW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517253927920-HGY4D1AE42HZLIMWZWD6/CW_Siege.jpg CW https://www.mhaynesart.com/native-american daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517345304085-7BE7Z62MTHD0E3C1NE3X/Clark.png Native American https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517345304085-7BE7Z62MTHD0E3C1NE3X/Clark.png Native American https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517351971426-O291FH10RBB9NZD93J8I/Arikara_warrior.jpg Native American - Arikara Warrior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517352001565-WFOWZI7K99TQU9DXFGQ1/Storyteller.jpg Native American - The Storyteller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517352050860-VQLEWGLX0P4KU9SLCQNE/Scalp_Hunters.png Native American - The Scalp Hunters- Delaware "The Scalp Hunters" depicts some of the Delaware who roamed the west as fur trappers, hunters and scouts. Some, like this small band, also hunted Apache scalps for bounty. Unlike other displaced tribes who were pushed west, they never adopted the trappings of their plains tribes neighbors but kept their material culture relatively intact. This made for an interesting visual dichotomy of the eastern woodland look set against the red rocks of the desert southwest. They were also sworn enemies of all the western tribes through whose land they roamed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517352141882-0KP9GS4RD2SX2GCEGT3Q/Tecumseh.jpg Native American - Tecumseh- "Crouching Panther", 1813 Tecumseh was a famous Native American leader of the Shawnee. He spent much of his life attempting to rally various Native American tribes in a mutual defense of their lands, which eventually led to his death while fighting with the British in the War of 1812. In this portrait Tecumseh is wearing a turban of a typical Shawnee style and pattern. The pendant suspended from the turban consists of trade silver and Venetian glass beads, also consistent with the Shawnee tribe. The medal hung on his chest is the 2nd issue King George III or Simcoe Issue Peace Medal, which was struck in 1794. This would have been a common peace medal issued by the British during this period. His epaulettes are typical British line infantry officer’s epaulettes from the mid-Napoleonic era and he’s wearing them on the shoulders of a civilian frock coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517352232477-8WE4DQEX7JSMP5VIM36P/Knife-River.png Native American - Knife River Hidatsa Village- Early 1800's As a young Hidatsa woman has pulled her bullboat onto the east bank of the Knife river, the first light of day bathes the earthlodges of her Hidatsa village in what is now central North Dakota. It is still Mapi'-o'ce-mi'di, or Sunflower-Planting-Moon and the days activities begin early for there is much to do. It hasn't been too long since the People moved back into their spacious earthlodges on the terraces after spending the winter in their smaller lodges in the shelter of the river bottoms. The days are growing warmer and the first brilliant greens of spring are covering the prairie. It is time for the women to collect stakes for use in their gardens as well as firewood for the lodges. The sunflowers will be the first seeds to be sown in the women's gardens and the last to be harvested in the autumn. In addition to their value as food, the brilliant flowers will add beauty and the tall stalks will be a defining boundary for each family's plot. The young woman waits as her elder follows in another bullboat. These boats were made of bull buffalo hides stretched over a framework of willow. The tail has been left on and reinforced to mark the stern as well as a place to tie on trailing boats. A surprisingly large amount of cargo could be floated in this fashion. An accomplished paddler was required as the boat would simply spin in circles in the hands of a novice. As early spring is a harbinger of change, so too was the scene depicted here. Within a few short decades the Hidatsa's traditional way of life, well ordered, deep in spiritual and familial traditions was to be disrupted irreparably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5f97febce17635d27bafb0/1517352477917-WC56H296TSGE8N40KXED/Wedgewood_Sunset.png Native American - Wedgewood Sunset- Cheyenne Warrior This painting is of an 1850's era Cheyenne warrior out solo on a horse raid who has unexpectedly come across a broken and discarded Wedgewood china plate. It was common for settlers to jettison items that broke or became useless en route across the Great Plains. I liked the juxtaposition of the very sophisticated china plate abandoned on the vast and wild plains and its discovery by this warrior. The pattern on this Wedgewood plate, a British pastoral scene actually dates to the 1820's and all the details of arms, dress, paint and accouterments on our warrior are documented to the 1850's. His wolf headdress was expected to empower him with stealth while the hoof prints painted on his horse count the number of horses he’d stolen on previous raids. The lightening bolt pattern on his mounts hindquarters is for speed. His musketoon is originally French, which he’s decorated with brass tacks. 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