Bison Wounded in a Hunt

Description

On October 11 Prince Maximilian, Bodmer, and a group of hunters from Fort Union set out on a buffalo hunt. Toward noon they sighted their first buffalo about twenty miles from the post, where the hunters were accustomed to taking a weekly count of from nine to fifteen animals. After making camp and a brief respite for lunch, the hunters rode out upon the prairies and discovered a small, scattered herd. Bodmer made several studies of buffalo on this date, both during and after the hunt.