Capture of the Horse Bundle by Howard Terpning

Capture of the Horse Bundle by Howard Terpning.

 

"Crow warriors come riding hard through a camp in the Bighorns that is their home. They are welcomed as the heroes they are, and the high-pitched cries of victory herald their successful and triumphant return from a raid deep into the land of the Blackfoot. They have struck at the very heart of their old enemy and have snatched away a piece of his soul in the form of the Horse Clan's sacred medicine bundle.

 

Intertribal conflict was about more than just the body count. Traditional rivalries and raids against the enemy were the means for measuring manhood, and a pathway to honor and esteem in the eyes of the People." - (Spirit of the Plains People - Don Hedgpeth).

 

Print released 1993.