Covered Wagon Attack by Indians

covered wagon attack

Covered Wagon Attack by Indians
by William C. Palmner

In this mural, a group of American Indians on
horseback are attacking a family of settlers huddled
around a covered wagon.The American Indians are
wielding tomahawks and the white men are armed with guns.

Dangers of the Mail
by Frank Albert Maechau, Jr

This painting depicts a violent attack by American Indians
on a group of white people.Naked white bodies, some with
arrows protruding from their chest and back, are strewn
throughout the painting. There is an overturned wagon in
the background. American Indians on horseback with spears
and bows are attacking the group of white people from both
sides. Throughout the painting American Indian men are
depicted hovering over and scalping naked white women.

opening the southwest

Opening of the Southwest
by Ward Lockwood

This painting depicts the arrival of white settlers to
the Southwest. On the left side of the mural are
images of an American Indian with a snake in his
mouth, another American Indian laying on his back,
a Catholic padre, and a mounted Spanish soldier.
The center of the fresco features a white family, two
members of whom are holding guns. The background
features stage coaches and American Indians on
horseback hunting a heard of buffalo.

Consolidation of the West
by Ward Lockwood

This painting depicts establishment of the Postal
Service by stage coach, pony express, and railway.
A white man is directing three dark-skinned men at
work laying bricks. Near the center of the fresco, a
white woman sits holding a baby. The blonde-haired
baby is grasping an olive branch. On the right, a U.S.
military officer appears to be disarming an American
Indian Chief.

French Explorers and Indians
by Karl R. Free

This mural depicts the arrival of the French on
June 22, 1564 to present-day Florida. There are
sixteen half-clothed American Indians in the painting.
The women are bare-breasted and all of the men have
hair fashioned into mohawks. In the background is a
stone edifice inscribed with a coat-of-arms. To the left
and around the stone edifice, American Indians appear
to be both worshipping the stone edifice and offering gifts
to the French explorers.