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If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted
If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted
If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted
(American, 1882 - 1945)

If the woman in the wagon was scared to death at the sight of the prairie, I surely had cause to be afraid; but I was not. I was uplifted

Alternate Title(s)
  • I shall never forget the sight. It was like a great green sea.
Oil on canvas
1921
32 1/8 × 40 in. (81.6 × 101.6 cm)
SUPP2000.1048
Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York.
Clara S. Peck Fund Purchase
Not on view
John Rucker had become the dark cloud in my life. I think now that I was afraid of him because my mother was
John Rucker had become the dark cloud in my life. I think now that I was afraid of him because my mother was
N.C. Wyeth
1921
I turned cold as I thought of her playing with her doll while I had been out on the prairie laying poison plots against her innocence, her trust in me
I turned cold as I thought of her playing with her doll while I had been out on the prairie laying poison plots against her innocence, her trust in me
N.C. Wyeth
1921
I was scared by the report of the gun--so I clinched with the fellow and threw him out.
I was scared by the report of the gun--so I clinched with the fellow and threw him out.
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
Jonathan shot, as he walked along, and the boy, running ahead, picked up the arrows and brought them back. And when they were out of sight of the court, they went toward a rock named Ezel, accessible from the wilderness and not far from the road. There David had hidden, straining his ears for the words that might mean life or death
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Sally Merrillee and Johnny "I'm glad you think I'm not scared," he said. "I haven't talked like this to anybody else"
Sally Merrillee and Johnny
"I'm glad you think I'm not scared," he said. "I haven't talked like this to anybody else"
N.C. Wyeth
1928
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
The Torrent in the Valley of Glencoe I had scarce time to measure the distance or to understand the peril before I had followed him, and he had caught and stopped me
The Torrent in the Valley of Glencoe
I had scarce time to measure the distance or to understand the peril before I had followed him, and he had caught and stopped me
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
"I reaped it my way, for I cut nothing off but the ears, and carried it away in a great basket which I had made"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
"Do you mean that you do not care--that you do not hate and despise me? I have never known a woman like you. I have never believed that there were such women."
N.C. Wyeth
1925
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
N.C. Wyeth
1921