Light Cavalry

“The Apache were great horsemen,” says artist Howard Terpning. “All the Plains Indians were. This group of tribesmen travels between the mountains with only the clothes on their backs and a minimum of equipment — a far cry from the so-called ‘light cavalry’ of the American army.”

To understand the relationship between the Native American and the horse is no easy feat, but, true to form, Howard Terpning has delivered.