Sunday, 8 June 2014

French and Indian war

Thanks to Dave Taylor for this image - I have not seen it before. Dave says The scalping picture is in: Johnson, Michael G and Hook Richard. "Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes". Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Limited, 2007. Page 34.

The caption is: "Indian, possibly a Shawnee warrior, scalping a British soldier — an 1
8th century painting by an unknown artist.''

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