Call NumberZ-3828CreatorCary, William de la Montagne, 1840-1922Date1860-1870SummaryMen row a wooden mackinaw boat filled with American buffalo and other furs on the Missouri River, to escape attack by Native Americans. Shows an exchange of arrows and bullets. Fallen men are in the boat; one Native American man falls from a tree. Fur traders have rifles and wear hats and buckskin clothing with fringe. Two boats are on the river in the distance.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; image and text 27 x 38 cm (10 1/2 x 15 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--19th centuryMissouri River--19th centuryBoats--19th centuryFighting--19th centuryFur trade--19th centuryHides & skins--19th centuryRivers--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesArticle printed on verso describes image. Attribution engraved in original and reproduced in print. Formerly F16811; Tear sheet consists of page 329, removed from Harper's weekly. Title, "Sketched by W. M. Cary." and "[See Page 330.]" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.).
Cary, William de la Montagne, 1840-1922, Fur-traders on the Missouri attacked by Indians (1860-1870). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/11/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131851
