The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837. Seen from Goat Island, by William Henry Bartlett.
The Horseshoe Fall, Niagara – With the Tower, 1837.
Category: Canada
James Wolfe and the capture of Quebec City.
James Wolfe (1727-1759) was a British general, significant for his role in Britain’s conquest of Canada.
The Wapiti Deer or American Elk. Cervus canadensis.
Zoological sketches. The Wapiti Deer or American Elk of the New World.
Niagara river in winter with wonderful combinations of ice and snow.
Niagara river in winter with one of those wonderful winter combinations of ice and snow
The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara.
No one who has not seen this spectacle of turbulent grandeur can conceive with what force the swift and overwhelming waters are flung upwards.
Chief Dakota, Mandan squaw costumes
Chief Dakota and Mandan squaw. Canada 18th c.
Mormon’s attempt to rise the dead.
Mormon’s attempt to rise the dead.
Tayadaneega Mohawk Indian chief of the Six Nations.
Thayendanegea, means “two sticks bound together”, denoting strength.
Blackfeet tribes. Chief of the Blood Indians. War chief of the Piekann.
Blackfeet tribes. Chief of the Blood Indians. War chief of the Piekann, Koutani Indian.
A Sarcee Tsuu T’ina woman. First Nation reserve Tsuu T’ina Nation.
The Tsuu T’ina were the northern representatives of the Plains culture and among the tribes on the North Western Plains they were generally regarded as the bravest and most warlike.