Bandits in hats and face masks hold up a stagecoach at gun point on a road at night. Stagecoach drivers and a passenger hold their hands up. Two bandits hold the reins of the two teams of spooked horses.
A Native American man on horseback aims a pistol at a bull on a grassy plain. The man has braids and wears an ammunition belt over a shirt and pants. Men beside a covered wagon use knives to butcher a dead bull. Shows a fence and a building in the...
Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Shooting--1890-1900.
A group of uniformed officers maneuver a cannon at the Artillery School in Fortress Monroe, (later Fort Monroe) in Hampton, Virginia. Frame and brick buildings include barracks and officer's houses and school buildings on the military campus.
Fort Monroe (Va.)--1880-1890.; Cannons--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.; Military training--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1880-1890.
Reproduction of a drawing shows a soldier helping his wounded comrade at the Battle of Beecher Island, Colorado, 1868, between the U. S. Cavalry and Native American Cheyenne.
Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1870.; Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.
The Battle of Beecher Island, Colorado, 1868, pitted Native American Cheyenne against the U. S. Cavalry. One white man and three horses have fallen, others wage the battle.
Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1870.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.
Shows U. S. Cavalry soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island, Arikaree River, Colorado, 1868. An officer hands a wounded soldier a drink of water as another man sips from a pool. A third prepares to fire his rifle. The battle was waged against...
Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1870.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.