RETURNING TO CAMP BY CHARLES M. RUSSELL
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Charles M. Russell Returning to Camp 1901 Oil on canvas 24 1/8 inches x 36 inches |
| In this sequel to Buffalo Hunt, the hunters, having butchered the kill, have ridden ahead leaving the women and boys to transport the spoils of the chase back to the village by travois or on the back of pack horses. Returning to Camp is full of human interest and rich in the kind of detail admired in Russell's work. The mother, watching her son display the trophy of his chase, knows that soon he, too, will hunt the mighty buffalo. The old woman drives off one of the wolflike dogs, frustrated in his effort to partake of the feast so tantalizingly near. The buffalo was the Indian's "staff of life," providing for all his needs, a point Russell made visually in this oil. |