The vast buffalo herds in North America numbered in the tens of millions in the early 1800’s. The native americans found the buffalo to be an unlimited food source as well as a storehouse of material for camp living. With the reintroduction of the horse, many tribes moved onto the Great Plains to follow the buffalo herds. These nomads became adept at hunting tatanka from the back of their ponies using the bow & arrow, lance and later the gun. This painting depicts a group of hunters in pursuit of fresh meat. The risk of being trampled by the hooves of the thundering beasts was a secondary thought in the minds of these daring men.
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