Horse Whips and Quirts on the Plains - as George Catlin saw them

 Salvete Omnes,

a  quick 'gallop' with famous American artist George Catlin via his Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of North American Indians.

About horse whips used by the Great Plains horsemen:

one of the original Plains people - the Pawnee, who dwelled on the Republican River and for centuries gardened and hunted and made war along the river valleys of Nebraska.

so when you draw or paint a Plains warrior do not forget a horse whip on his right wrist :)

And two XIX century Nez Perce quirts - from Wiki Commons

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