Back to Art of the Old West   DRAGOON PICKETS ATTACKED Original 30"x 40" Acrylic/Canvas Painting Historical Background: 1 September 1858, Eastern Washington Territory: The 1st Dragoons, commanded by Colonel George H. Wright, went into action against a coalition of more than a thousand mounted Yakima, Palouse, Spokane, and Coeur d' Alene warriors led by the Yakima's Chief Kamiakin. Having been pushed too far by land hungry settlers, zealous miners, and a less than scrupulous Territorial Governor, the battle-ready Indians awaited the soldiers at Four lakes. The soldiers formed up in the timber, on a hillside above the warriors. When Major William Grier shouted "Charge the Rascals!" four companies of dragoon horse soldiers, sabers drawn, tore into the Indian force. Few Indians, in any battle, were willing to brave those "long knives." The whipped tribes quickly made their peace. CANVAS Art Print (24" x 30") Limited Edition of 600, Signed by the Artist Numbered $285.00 *Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print sales are discontinued from 10 March 2007 until 1 October of 2008. He and his wife are serving for eighteen months in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), at the Kirtland Historic Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He has set up his art studio and is producing additional LDS historical paintings at that location. Rolled canvas art prints (only) are available and may be purchased by calling Frank at (435) 406-9526 or contact by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.