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An emigrant train attacked by hostile Indians on the prairie / Champney del. ; Nichols sc.

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Illustration shows an emigrant wagon train being attacked by Natives while traveling across the Great Plains.

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial drawing-room companion, v. 13, no. 7 (1857 August 15), pp. 104-105.

According to the description printed on page 109, this print is based on a painting by Wier, a German, which had been exhibited at N.D. Cotton's at 272 Washington Street in Boston.

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indians of north america war ambushes great plains frontier and pioneer life immigrants covered wagons wagon trains emigration and immigration periodical illustrations wood engravings plains farm emigrant train emigrant train indians prairie champney nichols nichols sc american indians 1857 19th century w l champney henry nichols engraving library of congress
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01/01/1857
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Nichols, Henry, approximately 1816-, engraver
Champney, W. L., artist
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Plains Farm ,  54.88559, -1.41518
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indians of north america war ambushes great plains frontier and pioneer life immigrants covered wagons wagon trains emigration and immigration periodical illustrations wood engravings plains farm emigrant train emigrant train indians prairie champney nichols nichols sc american indians 1857 19th century w l champney henry nichols engraving library of congress