Dragoons, 1850

Dragoons 1850 shows pre-cavalry United States troops in the West battling with the enemy of the
day: the Native American inhabitants of the Western Territories. The horse in the lead appears to be a military horse (note the stirrups) acquired by the Native Americans as indicated by the buffalo hide on the back of the riderless horse. Remington created 22 different subjects in bronze. Dragoons was the 13th sculpture. Roman Bronze Works cast no. 6.