Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9313
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"A buffalo pound, Feb. 8 1820"
Date
1823
Creator
Edward Francis Finden (1791 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
Sir George Back (1796 - 1878, British) , Naval officer
Object type
Library reference
39901
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of Cree peoples herding buffalo m into a fenced-off area, in order that they might be killed more easily.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations people in North America. Depending on the community, the Cree may call themselves by the following names: nēhiyawak, nīhithaw, nēhilaw, and nēhinaw; or ininiw, ililiw, iynu, or iyyu.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations people in North America. Depending on the community, the Cree may call themselves by the following names: nēhiyawak, nīhithaw, nēhilaw, and nēhinaw; or ininiw, ililiw, iynu, or iyyu.
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