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Circle the Wagons!

by | Feb 25, 2022 | Classic True West

Emanuel Leutze’s 1863 oil Indians Attacking a Wagon Train vividly captured and perpetuated the fears of Americans migrating West on the Overland Trails. In reality, Indian attacks on wagon trains were rare and, more often than not, Indians befriended and traded with the Western-bound pioneers.


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