John Taylors depiction of the signing of the peace treaty is more a representational piece of art, as for Howling Wolf's piece is more abstract. From the pieces i see from the two artists, they are both on i would say, different ends when it came to depicting this event. Howling Wolf's background is white but he fills in space with what he is accustomed to; such as the tipis, the river and trees along with more drawings of the natives compare to the "US Government." Taylor's work like said in the book, is more drawn just towards the grove area in which the treaty was signed. Taylor's work compare to Howling Wolf's drawing is a lot more organized and shows he's had some education in art and is familiar with drawing the eyes of the critics to the center; where as Howling Wolf's the eyes are bouncing back and forth, up and down, side to side to see what is happening.
Taylor's work shows basically meshed groups of Native Americans, not being able to distinguish the difference between the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and the Kiowa. Yet also, the drawing is in black and white. As for Howling Wolf's drawing in color, you can see the difference in tribes with what they are wearing and the color the tipis they sit by. Because Howling Wolf's drawing depicts mostly women, it shows that to Native American's Women have a huge role for their society to grow and run efficiently. Native American women cooked, scavenged, built baskets, were very much involved with the communities. As for Taylor's depiction, all characters drawn were men showing, women had no grasp of what was happening and were not included at the signing. It shows a huge cultural difference from Native Americans to Americans.
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