Title	Catlin, George, 1844, Plate 19.
Creator	Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
Subject	Indians of North America -- Pictorial works. Indians of North America -- West (U.S.).
Keywords	bear hunting
Description	('Attacking the Grizzly Bear.') The Mandans and Hidatsas warned Lewis and Clark that they would encounter a bear so big, so ferocious, and so hard to kill that they needed to be particularly careful around it. Although somewhat doubtful at first, the members of the Corps of Discovery soon learned the truth of the warning. It was more feared than any animal on the prairies, according to Catlin, who depicted the Indian method of hunting it only in a group, mounted, and with lances. The first hunter to drive his lance has drawn the fury of the bear to his own horse, exposing the bears side to the lance blows of the other hunters. [From 'Science Goes West' catalog]
Publisher	London.
DateOriginal	1844
Format	tiff
Extent	60 cm.
Identifier	003020
Call Number	GN555.I5 C33
Relation-Is Part Of	Is part of: North American Indian portfolio; hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America. From drawings and notes of the author made during eight years travel amongst forty-eight of the wildest and most remote tribes of savages of North America.
Relation	Science Goes West. An Exhibition of Original Publications from the Collections of the Linda Hall Library.
Collection	Scientific Exploration of the Western U.S.
Rights	http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/
Data Contributer	Linda Hall Library, LHL Digital Collections.
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