Smithsonian American Art Museum
Comanche War Party, Chief Discovering the Enemy and Urging his Men at Sunrise
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1834-1835
During the spring and summer of 1834, Catlin traveled with the United States cavalry on what the government called a peacemaking expedition. A regiment of dragoons was sent to foster trade and peace in the lands of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita in present-day Oklahoma. George Catlin probably painted this work in his studio during the winter following the dragoon expedition.
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