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| Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Attack by Crow Indians - Walters 371940179.jpg Miller did not see this scene which occurred during one of Captain Stewart's earlier trips to the mountains but it was explained to him in detail and he painted several versions of it including a large painting approximately 5 x 9 feet for Murthly Castle and this fine watercolor According to LeRoy R Hafen's account of the incident Broken Hand p 134 a band of young Crows invaded the camp while Fitzpatrick was away and Stewart was in charge They carried off stock pelts and other property They encountered Fitzpatrick on their return and stripped him of everything of value as well As Stewart described the incident the Crow medicine man had told the braves that if they struck the first blow they could not win Thus they had to provoke Stewart or someone in his party into striking the first blow Stewart stood firm refusing to strike The Crows left and the captain survived a situation in which he would have surely lost the battle Fitzpatrick managed to talk the Crows into returning most of what they had taken between 1858 1860 watercolor paper cm 25 1 34 6 accession number 37 1940 179 37152 William T Walters Baltimore 1858-1860 by commission Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Commissioned by William T Walters 1858-1860 Alfred Jacob Miller The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Alfred Jacob Miller Maryland and the West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Frostburg State University Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville; Washington College Chestertown 1988 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings of Native Americans by Alfred Jacob Miller Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Crow tribe Attack Crow tribe medicine men | ||||
