End of the Trail (Fraser)
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The End of the Trail is a sculpture by James Earle Fraser. Fraser created the original version of the work in 1894, and he subsequently produced numerous replicas in both plaster and bronze. The sculp
End of the Trail, 1918 cast
Plaster sculpture of End of the Trail exhibited at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition
Bronze sculpture of End of the Trail, located in Shaler Park, Waupun, Wisconsin.
Chief John Big Tree
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Chief John Big Tree was a Seneca actor who appeared in at least 60 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. His interment was a
End of the Trail (Fraser)
…to observe the ground before them. The wind blowing the horse's tail suggests they have their backs to the wind. The man in the statue may be based on Seneca Chief John Big Tree, and the horse was adapted from one in another work, In the Wind. The statue is a commentary on the damage Euro-American settlement inflicted upon…
Big Tree in Fighting Caravans (1931)
U.S. Indian Head nickel, for which Big Tree claimed he was one of three models
James Earle Fraser's sculpture, End of the Trail, for which Big Tree claimed he was the model