Part 11 of the Nicolas Point Exhibit ( « Previous | Next » )
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[Perilous and Pleasurable
Hunting Adventures]
“Avantures perilleuses et plaisantes.”
MJA IX C9-100
4 3/4″ x 7″
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[Battle Between Bear and Buffalo] [A bear in the air, having killed two buffaloes, is tossed in the air by a third] “Un ours dans les airs par un buffle apres en avoir tué deux buffles, est lancé dans les airs par un troisième.”
MJA IX C9-102
4 1⁄2” x 7 1⁄4”
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[Buffalo Throwing a Hunter] [A hunter thrown in the air by a Buffalo that he thought he had killed] “Un chasseur lancé dans les airs par un Buffle qu’il croyoit avoir
tué.”
MJA IX C9-101
4 1⁄4” x 6 1⁄2”
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[Jean Baptiste Battles
Bears] [Jean Baptiste, l’Iroquois, tuant trois ours et blessant le
quatrieime.] “Jean Baptiste, the Iroquois, killed three bears and
injured a fourth.”
MJA IX C9-103
4 1⁄2” x 7 1⁄4”
Description
Artist: Nicolas Point, S.J. (1799-1868)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Lender: Midwest Jesuit Archives
Point experienced buffalo, bears, storms and hostile tribes in his many years in the region. Although hunting could be pleasurable, often bears and buffalo refused to yield to the hunters. Bears were seen as a religious animal among the Natives, although they were still feared for their immense strength. In the second piece, Point depicts a bear hurling a buffalo despite being mauled by two others. Buffalo were also seen as dangerous. The third drawing shows an unwilling buffalo throwing a hunter, while in the fourth piece shows noted hunter Jean Baptise attacking four bears. For those who lived on the frontier, life was very dangerous!
Written and narrated by Liam Brew.
Part 11 of the Nicolas Point Exhibit ( « Previous | Next » )