Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back
1844
George Catlin traded his law career for the wild frontier, determined to document Native American life and the vanishing wilderness. In this thrilling scene, a hunter on a galloping horse looks back in alarm as a massive buffalo charges right at his heels, rifle clutched tight. It's a perfect snapshot of the danger and excitement of the Great Plains, part of Catlin's famous portfolio which brought the wild West to eager audiences back East who had never seen such beasts.
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