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Because the 1837 smallpox epidemic killed more than half the Blackfeet and almost all the Mandans
The counties are shown as they existed about 1869
Corresponding Havell edition plate number: 426
Bison Dance of the Mandan Indians
Carolina Rail (young m) Sept 23 1834 Raelus Carolinu Linn & Wils. 021021 Washington and Lee UniversityWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Carolina Rail (young m) Sept 23 1834 Raelus Carolinu Linn & Wils. Pen and ink and watercolor Paper size: 11 7 8 x 17 1 8 in. Provenance The artists family and thence by descent. Exhibited: Simcoe Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3 31 May 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May 7 June 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August 3 September 1989