"Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States." Bufallo Hunt Image

Book with statistics and ethnological research on the Native Nations of the United States. The book was commissioned by Congress during the administration of Milard Fillmore. Adventurer and ethnographer Henry R. Schoolcraft worked on the report for the better part of a decade. The report included illustrations by army officer Seth Eastman, as well as maps of Native nations. The reports were finally published in 1857 during the Buchanan administration.

This is an image from Schoolcraft's book, "Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States." It depicts a Native American hunter from the Great Plains tracking down a Buffalo, and shooting it with a bow and arrow. Image is in black and white. The image is given the title of "Buffalo Chase."