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| Keywords: PaulKane-BuffaloHunt-ROM.jpg Métis buffalo hunt on the prairies of Dakota in June 1846 The man lying on the ground is Kane himself Compare the clothing with that on Kane Prairie jpg and Kane reported in his travel account that he fell from the horse and got nearly run over by the buffalos but was saved from that fate by one of the Métis who chased the animals around him and shielded him from the herd Despite this incident Kane managed to kill two bisons himself The scene obviously is from the Métis buffalo hunt in June 1846 as they run the buffalos by horse on the open prairie; the later buffalo hunts Kane witnessed were either a Cree pound hunt between Ft Carlton and Ft Edmonton on the north side of the North Saskatchewan River or hunts with HBC people but these occurred in winter 1847/48 at Ft Edmonton technique oil cm Royal Ontario Museum object history exhibition history credit line Jan 7 2006 Minor tweaking with PhotoShop in order to make a level squared image accession number place of creation Paul Kane died in 1871 therefore work is in the public domain See also Image Kane Métis Buffalo Hunt jpg a field sketch of Paul Kane from that hunting expedition Image Kane Bull jpg another field sketch from that hunt showing a single wounded bull Metis 1846 in the United States Running in art Collection of anthropology of the First Peoples Gallery Royal Ontario Museum Wounded people in art Paintings of buffalo hunting PD-old-100 | ||||
